de Havilland Comet 4
de Havilland. A jet airliner.
- Seats
- Mixed 64, Tourist 81
- Range
- 5,200 km
- Cruise
- 800 km/h
- Payload
- 9,500 kg
- Take off run
- 2,300 m
- Fuel burn
- 4,500 kg per block hour
- Reference price
- $3,900,000 in 1958 dollars
- Enters service
- 1958-10-04
- Confidence
- estimated (to be verified)
Source: Checked field by field against published sources, see evidence. Fields not listed under verifiedFields are estimates.
Evidence
Figures below were checked against published sources. The game value can differ from the checked value where sources used another definition, for example a range at maximum fuel against a range with a full load. Agreement describes the game value at the time of checking. Checked figures that agree: cruiseKmh, rangeKm, payloadKg, mtowT, introDate.
| Field | Checked value | Agreement | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| cruiseKmh | 805 km/h | confirmed | aircraftinvestigation.info, en.wikipedia.org |
| rangeKm | 5190 km | confirmed | en.wikipedia.org, aircraftinvestigation.info |
| payloadKg | 9200 kg | confirmed | aircraftinvestigation.info |
| mtowT | 73.48 tonnes | confirmed | aircraftinvestigation.info, en.wikipedia.org |
| takeoffRunM | 1514 m | differs | aircraftinvestigation.info |
| newPrice | 3192000 USD | close | en.wikipedia.org, aircraftinvestigation.info |
| introDate | 1958-10-04 ISO date | confirmed | en.wikipedia.org, aircraftinvestigation.info |
| seats | BOAC delivery batch 48 seats; typical 74 to 81; 56 in three classes; 109 high density seats | close | en.wikipedia.org, aircraftinvestigation.info |
Caveats are kept in the repository file docs/research/aircraft-verification.json. The web pages cited were read through a summarising fetch tool, so figures should be rechecked against the originals before any release.