.jpg)
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. BEA de Havilland DH-106 Comet 4B Berlin: BEA_De_Havilland_DH-106_Comet_4B_Manteufel.jpg : Ralf Manteufel derivative work: Altair78 ( talk )· GFDL 1.2
- 2. Comet Canopus: MaltaGC· Public domain
- 3. Comet Prototype at Hatfield: Government of the United Kingdom· Public domain
- 4. Dan-Air Comet: Klaus Nahr· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 5. De Havilland Comet CMk.2: TSRL· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 6. De Havilland Comet RAF Museum Cosford: Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK· CC BY 2.0
- 7. De Havilland Comet RAF Museum Cosford (1): Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK· CC BY 2.0
- 8. De Havilland Comet pic 1 REJS: Ian Dunster· CC BY-SA 2.0 uk
- 9. Design Studies for the DH 106 Comet: Bzuk ( talk )· Public domain
- 10. Fuselage of de Havilland Comet Airliner G-ALYP: Krelnik· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The de Havilland DH.106 Comet is a four-engine narrow body aircraft developed and manufactured by de Havilland in the United Kingdom. The world's first commercial jet airliner, the Comet 1 prototype first flew in 1949. It features an aerodynamically clean design with four de Havilland Ghost turbojet engines located in the wing roots, a pressurised cabin, and large windows.
How to recognise it: jet engines · 35 m wingspan
base stats
Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).
fun facts
- First flew 77 years ago, in 1949.
- Wingspan of 35 m: about 8 cars parked nose to tail.
- Range of 5,190 km: 29× Amsterdam to Brussels.
jet: Gas turbine pushing air out the back (turbofan or turbojet): fast and high-flying.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1949-07-27
- introduced
- 1952
- retired
- 1997
- status
- retired
- number built
- 114
- role
- narrow-body jet airliner
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- makers
- de Havilland Aircraft Company
- engines
- jet
- length
- 34 m
- wingspan
- 35 m
- height
- 9 m
- top speed
- —
- range
- 5,190 km
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q26159, Wikipedia: De Havilland Comet (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.