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de Havilland aircraft
The de Havilland Aircraft Company was a British planemaker whose factory at Hatfield, in Hertfordshire, built the de Havilland Comet. The Comet entered service with the British Overseas Airways Corporation in 1952 as the world's first commercial jet airliner. After a series of fatal accidents traced to metal fatigue grounded the fleet in 1954, the company redesigned the aircraft, and the Comet 4 series flew from 1958. The Comet pages here cover the Comet 4B, one of the versions that went to Dan-Air. The Canadian company de Havilland Canada is listed separately.
Retired
- de Havilland Comet retired in 1980Comet 4B