Comet 4 Series Crew
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Comet 4 Series Crew
Have flown on a BOAC Comet 4 in First Class as a boy and then years later on Concorde. Would like to hear from both pilots and cabin crew of you experiences operating the Comet. Cannot find any interviews of air hostesses/stewards who operated on the Comet. Like to also know how the thrust reversers on the Comet were used.
Being a seasoned traveller in Viscounts as a boy my first experience of jet travel was the Comet 4 and the aircraft climbed like a rocket compared to the Viscount.
Hearing four Rolls Royce Avon Engines roaring away was so exciting both as a passenger and when one flew low overhead.
Being a seasoned traveller in Viscounts as a boy my first experience of jet travel was the Comet 4 and the aircraft climbed like a rocket compared to the Viscount.
Hearing four Rolls Royce Avon Engines roaring away was so exciting both as a passenger and when one flew low overhead.
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You might like to read the book "Comets and Concorde" which is written by Peter Duffy who aver his long career as a pilot flew Comet 1 , Comet 4, and Concorde. It is still available on Amazon
You might also like to trawl through these two websites. They contain many BOAC stories of VC10s and other aircraft:-
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