de Havilland Comet family

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/de_Havilland_Comet_family

GPTKB entity

Statements (66)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:aircraft
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin	gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:enteredService	1952
gptkbp:firstFlight	1949-07-27
gptkbp:firstJetAirliner	true
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	de Havilland Comet family
gptkbp:manufacturer	gptkb:de_Havilland
gptkbp:notableEvent	structural failures due to metal fatigue BOAC Flight 781 South African Airways Flight 201
gptkbp:notableFeature	pressurized cabin first commercial jet airliner swept wings buried engines in wing roots square windows (early models)
gptkbp:notableModel	gptkb:Hawker_Siddeley_Nimrod gptkb:de_Havilland_Comet_4 de Havilland Comet 1 de Havilland Comet 2 de Havilland Comet 3
gptkbp:numberBuilt	114
gptkbp:primaryUser	gptkb:British_Overseas_Airways_Corporation gptkb:Royal_Air_Force
gptkbp:retired	1997
gptkbp:role	gptkb:aircraft
gptkbp:status	retired
gptkbp:successor	gptkb:aircraft gptkb:Douglas_DC-8 gptkb:Hawker_Siddeley_Trident
gptkbp:usedBy	gptkb:Pakistan_International_Airlines gptkb:SABENA gptkb:VARIG gptkb:West_African_Airways_Corporation gptkb:Air_France gptkb:British_European_Airways gptkb:Iberia gptkb:Lufthansa gptkb:Qantas gptkb:Trans_World_Airlines gptkb:Aerolineas_Argentinas gptkb:Kuwait_Airways gptkb:Trans-Canada_Air_Lines gptkb:Indian_Air_Force gptkb:Royal_Canadian_Air_Force gptkb:East_African_Airways gptkb:British_South_American_Airways gptkb:Malaysian_Airways gptkb:Union_Aéromaritime_de_Transport gptkb:United_Arab_Airlines gptkb:Middle_East_Airlines gptkb:Philippine_Airlines gptkb:Royal_Air_Maroc gptkb:VASP gptkb:Royal_New_Zealand_Air_Force gptkb:Dan-Air gptkb:Olympic_Airways gptkb:Royal_Saudi_Air_Force gptkb:Canadian_Pacific_Airlines gptkb:Sudan_Airways British West Indian Airways Misrair Peruvian International Airways United Kingdom Ministry of Supply Yemen Airways
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Comet_2
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7