Registration / Serial:G-ANAV
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 1A
C/n (msn):06013
Operator Titles:BOAC - British Overseas Airways Corporation
City / Area:London Colney / De Havilland Museum [ Off-Airport ]Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Collection:De Havilland Aircraft Heritage Centre
Photo Date:18 June 2023
Photo by:Alastair T. GardinerContact
Photo ID:582922Submit Correction
View count: 1242
This 1A was originally ordered as one of two for Canadian Pacific and first flew in August 1952 as CF-CUM. The fatal loss of its sister ship at Karachi on its delivery flight in March 1953 meant that CPA cancelled the contract and CF-CUM went instead to BOAC as G-ANAV, being their only 1A but was also being operated by SAA. Following the Comet accidents, G-ANAV was used for testing at Farnborough as part of the investigation and then scrapped, The nose was saved by the Science Museum and later placed in storage at Wroughton. It has been recently donated to the DH museum.
Registration / Serial:G-ANAV
Aircraft Version:De Havilland D.H. 106 Comet 1A
C/n (msn):06013
Operator Titles:BOAC - British Overseas Airways Corporation
City / Area:London Colney / De Havilland Museum [ Off-Airport ]Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:18 June 2023
Photo by:Alastair T. GardinerContact
Registration / Serial:G-ANAV
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 1A
C/n (msn):06013
Operator Titles:BOAC - British Overseas Airways Corporation
City / Area:London Colney / De Havilland Museum [ Off-Airport ]Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Collection:De Havilland Aircraft Heritage Centre
Photo Date:18 June 2023
Photo by:Alastair T. GardinerContact
Photo ID:582922Submit Correction
View count: 1242
This 1A was originally ordered as one of two for Canadian Pacific and first flew in August 1952 as CF-CUM. The fatal loss of its sister ship at Karachi on its delivery flight in March 1953 meant that CPA cancelled the contract and CF-CUM went instead to BOAC as G-ANAV, being their only 1A but was also being operated by SAA. Following the Comet accidents, G-ANAV was used for testing at Farnborough as part of the investigation and then scrapped, The nose was saved by the Science Museum and later placed in storage at Wroughton. It has been recently donated to the DH museum.
Registration / Serial:G-ANAV
Aircraft Version:De Havilland D.H. 106 Comet 1A
C/n (msn):06013
Operator Titles:BOAC - British Overseas Airways Corporation
City / Area:London Colney / De Havilland Museum [ Off-Airport ]Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:18 June 2023
Photo by:Alastair T. GardinerContact