Comet IV
Way back in the 60's, I used to spend my weekends sat on top of pier B at MAN watching the comings and goings of many different types of aircraft.
One aircraft that caught my imagination was the Comet IV and this was mainly due to its unusual take-off run. within a very short take-off run the nose wheel would raise and the remainder of the take-off run would be completed in this configuration.
Does anyone have an explanation for this.