2008
Comet 4 Pantry and Heads
23/12/08 13:00
Comet 4 Overhead Panels
23/11/08 21:40
The last two weeks have been spent on the overhead panels ... Read More...
Autopilots
12/11/08 22:00
Comet 4 Cockpit (continued)
23/10/08 18:00
A U-turn on my decision not to introduce the Comet with a 3D cockpit. Maybe it’s not so difficult after all ... Read More...
Comet 4 Navigator's Station
05/10/08 09:00
The navigator’s station completes the rear of the cockpit. Read More...
50th Anniversary of Transatlantic Jet Travel
04/10/08 09:00
50 years ago, on 4 October 1958, the world’s first passenger jet service was opened by BOAC, with two de Havilland Comet 4s. Read More...
Comet 4 Engineer's Station
20/09/08 18:00
The Engineer’s Station structures are complete. Read More...
Comet 4 Engine Panel
25/06/08 22:00
There’s a good sense of things coming together – at last! The engine panel is now complete. Read More...
Comet 4 Instruments (updated)
06/05/08 21:00
Standard six, navigation and engine instruments are complete... Read More...
Comet 4 Instruments
29/03/08 10:00
Progress on the 3D cockpit has got far enough (see below) to start adding instruments, and getting a feel of what it's like to use... Read More...
Comet 4 Cockpit
19/02/08 09:00
Work begins on a 3D cockpit, to provide 2D screen-shots in the short-term, and a full 3D cockpit in the long term... Read More...
Comet C/N 6473 "Canopus"
27/01/08 20:00
Reconnaissance to the Cold War Collection, and "Canopus", at Bruntingthorpe Read More...
Comet 4 Manuals
19/01/08 20:00
The enormous task of scanning more than a thousand pages of Comet manuals Read More...
