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Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

20th Jul 2015, 07:41

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Comet 1 fatigue problems

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Posted By joy ride

One known example was the cargo hold openings on...

One known example was the cargo hold openings on Liberty ships which originally had 90º corners. These initiated cracks, with at least one Liberty breaking into two. Later ones were built with...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

19th Jul 2015, 15:55

Replies: 44

Comet 1 fatigue problems

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Posted By joy ride

Interesting to note that the Sud Aviation...

Interesting to note that the Sud Aviation Caravelle had triangular windows and the L1011 Tristar had square ones. I heard a while back that Redux was originally specified to secure the windows, but...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

14th Sep 2014, 15:11

Replies: 44

Comet 1 fatigue problems

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Posted By joy ride

On a programme about the Comet I saw recently...

On a programme about the Comet I saw recently they talked about a TO crash at Rome. All survived, but programme said that flight crew were not familiar enough with early turbine acceleration compared...

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