5.9K views · 205 reactions | Comet 4 G-APDB, powered by four Rolls-Royce Avon turbojets, was part of the first transatlantic jet service launched by BOAC - the first of its kind in the world #comet #dehavilland #jet #aviationlovers at Imperial War Museum Duxford | Daniel J Wheatcroft | Facebook

The British Airliner Collection’s Comet 4 - next week she will be repositioned (hence the GSE paraphernalia) alongside the collection’s Vickers VC-10, which also wears BOAC colours. Like the VC-10, she is of course militarily significant as another basis for a warbird airframe - the Nimrod. #coldwar #dehavilland #comet #royalairforce #warbirds | Daniel J Wheatcroft

6.8K reactions · 379 shares | A warrior with nothing to lose. A world ruled by steel and sorcery. This Saturday at 6/5c on COMET, Arnold Schwarzenegger becomes Conan the Barbarian. A relentless force on a journey fueled by vengeance and fate. This cult classic carved out its place in fantasy film history. | Watch Comet | Facebook

The Jet Set - flight deck of the DH Comet at the de Havilland Aircraft Museum. The Comet would later see a warbird incarnation as the basis for the RAF’s Nimrod MR.1 #warbirds #coldwar #ColdWarHistory #DeHavilland #comet | Daniel J Wheatcroft