Comet blazed a trail for British jet-powered travel - Times Online by Online travel industry

Fri, 07 Nov 2008 04:00:43 -0500

Comet blazed a trail for British jet-powered travel - Times Online

by Online travel industry (online-travel-industry) @ Fri, 07 Nov 2008 04:00:43 -0500
Fifty years ago Britain ushered the world into the jet age. On October 4, 1958, two de Havilland Comet 4 aircraft powered by Rolls-Royce jet engines crossed the Atlantic, an historic first that beat the Americans by three weeks. The two British ... Shared & Reseller Webhosting

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