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DE HAVILLAND COMET (CROWOOD AVIATION SERIES)

by Kev Darling

Published by The Crowood Press. 1st. 2005

Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper. The design and operation of the first jet airliner. Large format. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and some colour. 208 pages including index.

Tiny indentation to lower edge of front cover else a fine copy.

ISBN: 1861267339
Stock no. 1813167

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Contents

  • Acknowledgements
  • 1. The Start of the Dream
  • 2. Making it Real: The Comet Comes to Life
  • 3. Life and Times of the Comet: The Early Aircraft
  • 4. Life and Times of the Comet: The Later Aircraft
  • 5. Crashes and Consequences
  • 6. The Comet in Detail
  • 7. Operators and Operations
  • 8. Flying the Comet
  • 9. Comets for the Military
  • 10. The Nimrod
  • Appendix I: Comet Airframes
  • Appendix II: Comet Preservation
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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