The de Havilland Comet took to the air six years before the Boeing 707 flew. I was poking around Paine Field a number of years ago. I drove around a building and there was one of the most beautiful airplanes that ever flew, a Comet. It was a sad sight sitting on flat tires. It's good that it's being restored...

1950s-era Comet being restored to former glory

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De Havilland Comet website