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chevvron

28th Mar 2017 12:20

Quote:

Originally Posted by WHBM (Post 9721119)

Was the B47 not a military bomber, whereas the Comet 1, Comet 4 and 727 were passenger airliners (De Havilland had built their first military jet in 1943).

I was talking of 'big jets' in general ie not single or twin engined fighters but bombers/airliners.
Lets face it, the B45 was more 'Comet' like and it flew before the B47 on 17 Mar 1947.

India Four Two

28th Mar 2017 16:28

At the risk of being accused of thread drift, how was the talk? ;)

PS I'm going to be in London this weekend. Friday to Tuesday. Anything aeronautical happening that I could take in?

rog747

29th Mar 2017 07:30

great talk - twas rather long for Neil to do it all without a tea break in a packed hot room but thoroughly interesting and some great pics - no snoozers LOL

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