The De Havilland Comet
is famous as the first jet airliner, and first
flew in 1949, building on Britain's lead in jet engine technology.
Unfortunately the aircraft suffered a well known series of in-flight
break-ups eventually traced after one of the most exhaustive
engineering investigations ever to metal fatigue emanating from
the edges of square windows.
The entire fleet was
grounded during the investigation and subsequent
modifications and this enabled US manufacturers to catch up on the
British lead. This tragedy meant fewer than 90 Comets ever reached
commercial service compared to hundreds of the US rivals.
The beautiful Comet
shape lives on in the British Nimrod maritime
reconnaissance aircraft, examples of which are being remanufactured
for projected service more than 75 years after the Comet first flew.
We offer two CD's for
the beautiful aircraft, covering both early and
late models.
CD No 1
This CD contains two
pilot's flight manuals for the early versions of
the De Havilland Comet. The CD has been scanned from the original
flight manuals and
retains any colour pages.
. 
This CD contains:
1. De Havilland
manufacturers Pilot's Notes for the Comet Series 1
and 1A, the first production versions, C.P.N.-1-106 dated
Dec 51,
approx 257 pages.
2. RAF Pilot's
Notes for the Comet T.2 and C.2, AP 4681C & A-PN,
approx 493 pages. Ten examples of the C.2
were one of the
principal components of the RAF long range transport
fleet from
1956 till the early seventies. Two examples of the
T.2 were
similar but lacked the strengthened floor and were
only used for
training.
| CD TITLE | COMET1 |
| PRICE | US$19.95 plus postage |
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CD No 2
This CD contains pilot's
flight manual and performance manuals for
the later version of the De Havilland Comet. The CD has been scanned
from the original flight manuals and retains any
colour pages.
This CD contains:
1. RAF Pilot's Notes-Technical for
the Comet C.Mk.4C, AP 4681D-PN/1,
dated Nov 1962 with approx 570 pages.
2. RAF Pilot's Notes-Flying for the
Comet C.Mk.4C, AP 4681D-PN/2,
amended to 1962 with approx 207 pages.
3. RAF Operating Data Manual - Vol 2
Flight Planning for the Comet
C.Mk.4C, AP 101B-3504-16b at AL6 dated May
1972 with approx
138 pages.
| CD TITLE | COMET2 |
| PRICE | US$19.95 plus postage |
| POSTAGE AND ORDERING DETAILS |
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| SPECIAL
COMBINED OFFER |
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| BOTH CD's |
COMET1 & COMET2 |
| PRICE |
US$33.95 plus US$3.05 postage |
| NOTE: CANNOT BE USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH
ANY OTHER MULTIPLE PURCHASE OFFER |