Never been on a plane before....

[Eric Mc]

Although the "square" windows of the Comet 1 are often cited as the cause of the break up on G-ALYP, the crack which caused the plane to come apart actually began, not at a window, but at an aperture in the roof under which was located the Radio Direction Finding aerial.

When the RAE at Farnborough tested the Comet 1 fuselage in the specially built water tank, the failure DID occur at one of the passenger windows.

>> Edited by Eric Mc on Thursday 26th May 08:51

[simpo two]

OK, who put this thread on the EA forum?

[x1m]

Ok, I admit, I just found any old picture of a comet... But I did not know about the aerial! The square windows was one of the first things I learnt at Uni (I was doing aerospace materials, strangely enough :P) I still quite like the convertable plane though

[Mikey G]

simpo two said:

OK, who put this thread on the EA forum?

www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=181647&f=24&h=0

[AC79xxx]

anonymous said:

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Feck that!! I hate flying and I'll make sure you won't be anywhere near me on the way to the Dam.

[Twincam16]

D_Mike said:

I agree, it used to be much more civilised. I remember when people used to dress smartly to fly... now airports are full of the great unwashed.

'no frills' airlines and Club 18-30 have a lot to answer for. I remember when airports seemed exotic, classy and futuristic places, now they're just giant bus stations (in this country at least)