de Havilland DH106 Comet 1 G-ALYP of BOAC
de Havilland DH106 Comet 1, G-ALYP, of BOAC. This aircraft operated the first scheduled passenger service of a jet-propelled airliner on 2 May 1952. The aircraft broke up in mid-air on 10 January 1954 near the island of Elba with the loss of all on board
Picture No
10839510
Media ID
48048012
Size
4000px x 3052px
(1.0MB)
Credit
© The Royal Aeronautical Society (National Aerospace Library) / Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Photograph from The Royal Aeronautical Society Archive
Date
1952
