Tale of the Comet
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- Author(s) Dempster, Derek D
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1958
- Pages 218pp; illus
- Publisher Allan Wingate
- Place Published London
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- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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An early general account of the aircraft's development and introduction into service in 1952 as the first jet airliner, the loss early on of three aircraft, the aircraft's grounding and subsequent return to service. Includes much about BOAC as the aircraft's first operator