de Havilland DH.106 Comet

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/de_Havilland_DH.106_Comet

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:aircraft
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin	gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:crew	4
gptkbp:engineType	turbojet
gptkbp:firstCommercialJet	true
gptkbp:firstFlight	1949-07-27
gptkbp:height	8.89 m
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	de Havilland DH.106 Comet
gptkbp:introduced	1952
gptkbp:length	28.6 m
gptkbp:manufacturer	gptkb:de_Havilland
gptkbp:maximumSpeed	840 km/h
gptkbp:notableFor	early metal fatigue accidents first commercial jet airliner
gptkbp:numberBuilt	114
gptkbp:primaryUser	gptkb:Royal_Air_Force gptkb:BOAC
gptkbp:range	2,600 km
gptkbp:retired	1997
gptkbp:role	gptkb:aircraft
gptkbp:seatingCapacity	36 up to 81 (later variants)
gptkbp:successor	gptkb:Hawker_Siddeley_Nimrod
gptkbp:usedBy	gptkb:VARIG gptkb:Air_France gptkb:British_European_Airways gptkb:British_Overseas_Airways_Corporation gptkb:Lufthansa gptkb:Qantas gptkb:Royal_Air_Force gptkb:Aerolineas_Argentinas gptkb:Kuwait_Airways gptkb:Trans-Canada_Air_Lines gptkb:Indian_Air_Force gptkb:BOAC gptkb:East_African_Airways gptkb:Union_Aéromaritime_de_Transport gptkb:Union_of_Burma_Airways gptkb:United_Arab_Airlines gptkb:Middle_East_Airlines gptkb:Mexicana_de_Aviación gptkb:Dan-Air gptkb:Olympic_Airways gptkb:Canadian_Pacific_Airlines gptkb:Sudan_Airways gptkb:Malaysian_Airlines
gptkbp:variant	gptkb:Comet_1 gptkb:Comet_2 gptkb:Comet_3 gptkb:Comet_4
gptkbp:wingspan	35.1 m
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:de_Havilland_Aircraft_Company gptkb:de_Havilland_(UK)
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7