Originally Posted by
old-timer
I was looking at the Comet 4 nose at DX last weekend & was struck by how similar the shape is to the 787...
Do you really think so?
I always considered the Comet nose fairly unique in the way it was shaped and more "pointy", with the cockpit windscreen "blended" into the shape.
The 787 to me looks far more like the other later Boeing and Airbuses, blunter and with a distinct discontinuity where the windscreen "meets" the rest of the nose shape.
CJ
PS I've seen the DX Comet, and the one at Brunty. For the 787 I only have photos to go on.
PS2 Yes the Caravelle nose was licensed from dH. However,I don't know how many were actually built by dH, or whether it was only for the prototypes.