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A 7 page paper. Geoffrey de Havilland and his company, the De Havilland Aircraft Company, revolutionized the aircraft and air travel industries. De Havilland introduced the very first commercial jet aircraft in 1952, well ahead of any competitor. Tragically, one year later, one of the Comet jets crashed and months after this, two more crashed. The planes literally broke apart in the air. This essay reports the history of the Comet, the accidents, the Court of Inquiry, the findings of metal fatigue and why the fatigue happened and the aftermath for the De Havilland Aircraft Company. Had those crashes never happened, the aircraft industry would have had a different leader – De Havilland instead of Boeing and Douglas. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Havilland because the Comet won over the Douglas DC-2 plane (US Centennial of Flight Commission, 2002). Geoffrey de Havilland was a true visionary in the aircraft industry. He knew the
jet engine would change the industry and the business of flying passengers. Towards that end, De Havilland built the first jet aircraft in the world and named it the DH-106
Comet after the racing plane that had won the contest in 1934 (US Centennial of Flight Commission, 2002; BBC, 2002). The Comet operated on four Ghost 50 turbojet engines and
began its test flights in 1949 (US Centennial of Flight Commission, 2002; Aerospaceweb.org, 2002). This plane could travel 500 miles an hour (BBC, 2002). The altitude of 33,000 feet allowed
the plane to fly above weather conditions, which made the ride quieter and smoother for its passengers (US Centennial of Flight Commission, 2002; BBC, 2002). De Havillands Comet began carrying
passengers in May 1952 (US Centennial of Flight Commission, 2002). The Comet was a revolutionary advance in the industry and particularly in the arena of commercial travel (Aerospaceweb.org, 2002). The
company put the plane through rigorous testing for three years (Aerospaceweb.org, 2002). At the end of the 500 hours of tests, flight crew training, and flying the plane long distances,
the Comet was awarded its certifications for flying passengers (Aerospaceweb.org, 2002). The first customer for the Comet jet aircraft was BOAC, who was given the approval to fly its first
jet passenger route in early 1952 (Aerospaceweb.org, 2002). One year later, on May 2, 1953, after the aircraft had been used on numerous flights, a Comet crashed soon after it
took off (Aerospaceweb.org, 2002). Two more crashes occurred in early 1954 (Aerospaceweb.org, 2002). The aircraft had simply broken up in mid-air (US Centennial of Flight Commission, 2002). The entire fleet
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