Registration / Serial:G-AMXK
Aircraft Original Type:De Havilland D.H. 106 Comet
Aircraft Generic Type:De Havilland D.H. 106 Comet
Aircraft Version:De Havilland D.H. 106 Comet 2E
C/n (msn):6033
City / Airport:Hatfield (EGTH / HTF) (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Event:Hatfield Open Day 1962
Photo Date:1962
Photo from:Tim Spearman CollectionContact
Photo ID:567123Submit Correction
View count: 180
Registered to BOAC in 1951 and converted to a Comet 2E in 1957 for use as a trials aircraft and engine testbed for development of the Comet 4. Transferred to the Ministry of Aviation in October 1960 and used by Smiths Industries to test early flight control systems, including that later used by the Trident 1E. Operated with the BLEU at Bedford as XV144 from November 1966 and later moved to Farnborough where it was used as a ground trainer and spares source for XN453 until scrapped in 1974.
Registration / Serial:G-AMXK
Aircraft Version:De Havilland D.H. 106 Comet 2E
C/n (msn):6033
City / Airport:Hatfield (EGTH / HTF) (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:1962
Photo from:Tim Spearman CollectionContact
Registration / Serial:G-AMXK
Aircraft Original Type:De Havilland D.H. 106 Comet
Aircraft Generic Type:De Havilland D.H. 106 Comet
Aircraft Version:De Havilland D.H. 106 Comet 2E
C/n (msn):6033
City / Airport:Hatfield (EGTH / HTF) (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Event:Hatfield Open Day 1962
Photo Date:1962
Photo from:Tim Spearman CollectionContact
Photo ID:567123Submit Correction
View count: 180
Registered to BOAC in 1951 and converted to a Comet 2E in 1957 for use as a trials aircraft and engine testbed for development of the Comet 4. Transferred to the Ministry of Aviation in October 1960 and used by Smiths Industries to test early flight control systems, including that later used by the Trident 1E. Operated with the BLEU at Bedford as XV144 from November 1966 and later moved to Farnborough where it was used as a ground trainer and spares source for XN453 until scrapped in 1974.
Registration / Serial:G-AMXK
Aircraft Version:De Havilland D.H. 106 Comet 2E
C/n (msn):6033
City / Airport:Hatfield (EGTH / HTF) (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:1962
Photo from:Tim Spearman CollectionContact