de Havilland Comet 1
de Havilland. A jet airliner.
- Seats
- Mixed 36, Dense 44
- Range
- 2,400 km
- Cruise
- 780 km/h
- Payload
- 3,500 kg
- Take off run
- 1,800 m
- Fuel burn
- 2,700 kg per block hour
- Reference price
- $650,000 in 1947 dollars
- Confidence
- estimated (to be verified)
Source: BOAC first fare-paying service 2 May 1952 (London to Johannesburg); 36 reclining seats in BOAC's first aircraft; weight over 105,000 lb; about 790 km/h; certificate of airworthiness 22 January 1952 (Wikipedia, De Havilland Comet, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Havilland_Comet; 1952 in aviation). Range, price and costs are estimates. The pack ends before the 1954 withdrawals.