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2. de Havilland Comet - Wikipedia

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   The Comet 2 had a slightly larger wing, higher fuel capacity and more-powerful Rolls-Royce Avon engines, which all improved the aircraft's range and performance; [161] its fuselage was 3 ft 1 in (0.94 m) longer than the Comet 1's. [162]

3. 1:144 scale - Wikipedia

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   1:144 scale is a scale used for some scale models such as micro/mini armor. 1:144 means that the dimensions of the model are 1/144 (0.00694) the dimensions of the original life-sized object; this equates to a scale of 1/2 inch per 6 feet of original dimension. For instance, an airplane 30 feet (9.14 m) in length would be a mere 2.5 inches (63.5 ...

4. List of scale model sizes - Wikipedia

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   Used by Heller for model ships, and proposed by the Japanese to supersede 1:144 scale trains. Models which are commonly made in scale at 1:150 are commercial airliners - such as the Airbus A320, Boeing 777 all the way to the jumbo jets - the Airbus A380 & Boeing 747. [8] 1:148: 2.059 mm: Model railways (British N) British N model railroad scale ...

5. Hawk Model Company - Wikipedia

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   Additionally, increasingly sophisticated tooling was developed in the 1960s. By the time of its sale to Testor Corp. in 1970, the company's catalog included a wide range of realistic scale replicas of aircraft, ships, missiles, vehicles and conceptual subjects in 1:48, 1:72, 1:96, 1:144, and smaller scales.

6. de Havilland DH.88 Comet - Wikipedia

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   Data from De Havilland Aircraft since 1909, General characteristics Crew: Two Length: 29 ft (8.8 m) Wingspan: 44 ft (13 m) Height: 10 ft (3.0 m) Wing area: 212.5 sq ft (19.74 m 2) Airfoil: RAF 34 Empty weight: 2,930 lb (1,329 kg) Max takeoff weight: 5,550 lb (2,517 kg) Powerplant: 2 × de Havilland Gipsy Six R air-cooled six-cylinder inverted inline, 230 hp (170 kW) each Propellers: 2-bladed ...

7. Jet airliner - Wikipedia

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   The de Havilland Comet, the first purpose-built jet airliner The Boeing 707, the first commercially successful jetliner. The first purpose-built jet airliner was the British de Havilland Comet which first flew in 1949 and entered service in 1952 with BOAC. It carried 36 passengers up to 2500 miles (4000 km) at a speed of 450mph (725 km/h).

8. 10 oldest airlines in the world

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   Its first aircraft was an Avro 504, a pre-World War I biplane that could seat a pilot and one passenger. Qantas was nationalized by the Australian government after World War II and reprivatized in ...

9. Hawker Siddeley - Wikipedia

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   Hawker Siddeley built the Buccaneer for the Royal Navy, plus the South African Air Force during the 1960s, also a number of S Mk.2B aircraft for the Royal Air Force. Comet 4 – first flying as the de Havilland Comet airliner in 1949. The Comet 4 was still being built by Hawker Siddeley in the early 1960s.