Originally Posted by
A30yoyo
Is it correct that the RCAF Comet 1s were satisfactorily modified and how?
Yes, the two RCAF aircraft, which had been delivered some 12 months before the grounding, were modified to Comet 1XB standard. They lasted in RCAF service until the end of 1964. One went on to a US dealer and got a US registration N373S, being finally scrapped at Miami in the mid 1970s.
http://www.abpic.co.uk/photo/1388321/
The three Air France Comet 1s were returned to the UK, two were rebuilt and served for various non-airline trials purposes. One was being flown by Hawker Siddeley, De Havilland's successors, until 1978, and is the one now in COSford museum in faux BOAC colours, which it never carried in service.
This webpage says a bit about the rework that was done
http://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/research...t-comet-1.aspx