I've retitled the thread to cover discussion of all the Comet I losses.
I know that De Havilland re-profiled the Comet wing leading edge to improve take-off characteristics, but what was the exact timescale of the introduction of 'V1, V2...rotate'. In the LIFE magazine series of photos of the first Comet 4 transatlantic service from Heathrow the Comets nose is off for several hundred yards before lift-off..was it a characteristic of the Comet 4?
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I watched that from the Public Enclosure you can see behind the Comet in the second shot
Finally has the Comet loss off India ever been linked to fatigue rather than extreme turbulence?