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Re: DH 88

Postby Woodlouse2002 » Fri Feb 21, 2003 6:10 pm

Cheers.

Can someone get me a pic of the FSACOF DH88 Comet please? I want to see it.
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Re: DH 88

Postby ozzy72 » Sat Feb 22, 2003 3:12 am

Woodie, you say the Comet was a failure, and commercially it was, but it lead to the Nimrod, which is still in service in the RAF in a number of guises!

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Re: DH 88

Postby Woodlouse2002 » Sat Feb 22, 2003 11:17 am

Woodie, you say the Comet was a failure, and commercially it was, but it lead to the Nimrod, which is still in service in the RAF in a number of guises!

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Ah but it has a different name and is very differant when you get down to it. ;)
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Re: DH 88

Postby ozzy72 » Sat Feb 22, 2003 3:05 pm

Yeah that's true, no passengers, and no stewardesses with moustaches! God I miss BOAC, NOT!

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Re: DH 88

Postby BMan1113VR » Sun Feb 23, 2003 6:11 pm

Cheers.

Can someone get me a pic of the FSACOF DH88 Comet please? I want to see it.

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Re: DH 88

Postby Woodlouse2002 » Mon Feb 24, 2003 3:10 pm

I am satisfied. :)
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Re: DH 88

Postby Nav » Thu Sep 30, 2004 11:05 pm

Has anyone else tried the 'Historical Flight' scenario - the London-Melbourne Race?
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Re: DH 88

Postby Theis » Fri Oct 01, 2004 1:39 pm

Yes, NO space!
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Re: DH 88

Postby RollerBall » Fri Oct 01, 2004 3:46 pm

:o

Bl**dy hell - opened this thread to see what was going on ........ and a moth flew out
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Re: DH 88

Postby Politically Incorrect » Sat Oct 02, 2004 4:26 am

:o

Bl**dy hell - opened this thread to see what was going on ........ and a moth flew out


It took me a second look to realize how old this thread is!
I thought everyone here was insane ans just now figured out that there was a Comet included in FS9 ;D
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Re: DH 88

Postby Bazza » Sat Oct 02, 2004 5:02 am

And going back to the beginning - don't forget the US and Imperial gallons are not the same - in case anyone is still worried about MPG.

Anyway we are enlightened and use litres per kilometre...much cheaper that way...?
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Re: DH 88

Postby Mozz » Sat Oct 02, 2004 9:59 am

The Comet's crashed due to metal fatigue from use over a long period of time. They found that there were certain areas (I forget but I think it was on the top of the cabin) where holes would develop in the joins between 2 panels (or it was a hatch, I'm not certain) so they put it in a giant container filled with water, increased the pressure to what it would be like flying at such and such an altutitude and found the problem.
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Re: DH 88

Postby Nav » Sat Oct 02, 2004 10:58 am

I feel honour-bound to defend the Comet airliner - if only because my uncle helped to build them in Hatfield, I come from Hertfordshire, and I once had the honour of meeting Geoffrey De Havilland.

The Comet was genuinely a decade ahead of its time.
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