A bit of thread drift:
I watched this programme some time ago, the thing that stuck in my mind were the ground shots, and the contrast of such a beautiful modern looking jet powered aircraft to all the prewar looking cars in the car park!
It occurred to me that the designers of the Comet drove such cars to work every day. It’s hard to believe these ugly boxy cars that certainly lacked virtually every modern convenience they had just built into the Comet, would have considered a new car ‘state of the automotive art’ in the late 40’s!
I think it amazing that these same men could live with this remarkable technical divergence, and think it quite normal.
Regards,
White Bear.