"Keith Willshaw" wrote in message
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"Spiv" wrote in message
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The Comet is still flying (the Nimrod) . The last civilian plane was in
1987. That is a long civilian service life. The British government
prevented one of the last from being sold to the USA.



This means the last Comet retired from service while the
Boeing 707 line was still producing new aircraft since the
last 707 rolled off the lines in 1991.

Think about it.

I did and the Comet was introduction for longer being about 10 years ahead
of the 707 - a pioneering ground breaking plane. History will show it far
more important to aircraft advancement than the 707.