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Old 15th February 2001 | 04:09
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Speedbird48
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It was the Convair 990, Coronado last flown by Spantax and Nasa had one for a while. It could be told apart from the 880 by the big lumps on the trailing edge which reduced drag.
The Trident was also very quick but the Comet was only a .72/.75 airplane.