G-APDB Dan-Air De Havilland DH-106 Comet 4

Information about the De Havilland DH-106 Comet 4

The de Havilland Comet jet airliner first flew in 1949 and was the world's first production commercial jet airliner. The Comet initially suffered serious fatigue problems due to having square passenger windows which resulted in a series of fatal crashes, redesigning the airframe with round windows resulted in a reliable airliner. It is of note that the BOAC De Havilland DH-106 Comet 4 pictured above became the first jet airliner to cross the Atlantic carrying fare-paying passengers on the 4th of October 1958 whilst in service with BOAC.

Boeing 767 was launched in 1978 primarily as a replacement for the successful but aging Boeing 707, it's almost a wide-body jet variant of the Boeing 757 airliner which was introduced about the same time. The Boeing 767-300/ER series are a lengthened 200 series 767 combined with an "extended-range" of 11,305 km, they were introduced into service during 1988.

Information about Dan-Air

Dan-Air (Dan Air Services Limited) was formed in the UK in May 1953 as a totally owned subsidiary of Davies and Newman (DAN) and ceased operations in 1992 following major financial problems resulting in it's sale to British Airways for a nominal £1 fee. It is of note that Dan-Air operated the world's largest fleet of De Havilland Comets (the first operational jet airliner) and were also the last airline to operate a De Havilland comet commercially in 1981.

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