Nice post Ig Over. At the risk of thread creep. Someone mentioned earlier the steepness of climb out of the Comet 2.
I have been told by two people who were around in those days, (I'm only 40) that the Comet's deck angle was impressive and I have always wondered what it was. Rotate and accelerate? It was also mentioned that the hydraulic fluid, vegetable based I think, was a real fire worry!
And Ig, I have also flown the box the Shorts came in. Got to love low tech solutions like the FO emptying both FEs down a tube into the cargo lockers.