Originally Posted by
WHBM
Ah yes, what could DH have shown Boeing ?
First jet airliner orders in the world (unlike Boeing)
First jet airliner into service in the world (unlike Boeing)
First jet airliner engines in the world (Boeing didn't do engines, let alone jets).
After the Comer 1 failures, still managed to get their next jet airliner into service first again (unlike Boeing).
A WW2 bomber that could carry the same payload as a B17 to Berlin, yet flew higher away from the flak, faster so it outran the fighters, and could drop down to deliver this at precision rooftop low level so it actually hit something meaningful.
What indeed ?
I suppose the B47 was the first 'big jet' produced by Boeing; first flew 17 Dec 1947. Comet first flight was 27 Jul 1949. Not quite 10 years eh?