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  2. de Havilland Comet - Wikipedia

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    The de Havilland DH.106 Comet is the world's first commercial jet airliner. Developed and manufactured by de Havilland in the United Kingdom, the Comet 1 prototype first flew in 1949. It features an aerodynamically clean design with four de Havilland Ghost turbojet engines buried in the wing roots, a pressurised cabin, and large windows. For ...

  3. Portland International Airport - Wikipedia

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    Portland International Airport is often referred to by its IATA airport code, PDX. The airport covers 3,000 acres (1,214 ha) of land. [1] [4] Portland International Airport has direct flights to cities throughout the United States and in several other countries, including Canada, Mexico, Germany, United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and Iceland.

  4. Imperial Airways - Wikipedia

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    Imperial Airways was an early British commercial long-range airline, operating from 1924 to 1939 and principally serving the British Empire routes to South Africa, India, Australia and the Far East, including Malaya and Hong Kong. Passengers were typically businessmen or colonial administrators, and most flights carried about 20 passengers or ...

  5. Gloster E.28/39 - Wikipedia

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    The Gloster E.28/39, (also referred to as the Gloster Whittle, Gloster Pioneer, or Gloster G.40) was the first British turbojet-engined aircraft first flying in 1941. It was the third turbojet aircraft to fly after the German Heinkel He 178 (1939) and Heinkel He 280 (1941), the Italian Caproni Campini N.1 of 1940 being a motor jet and not a true turbojet.

  6. 10 oldest airlines in the world

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    However, it celebrated ts centenary in 2019 based on the 100 years of achievement of its predecessor airlines. It all began, says British Airways, on August 25, 1919, when the world’s first ...

  7. Portland International Jetport - Wikipedia

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    People Express Airlines arrived in 1983, the first jet competitor to Northeast/Delta at PWM. The airline, the first low-cost carrier at the Jetport, was known for rock-bottom prices. The airline flew between Portland and Newark, still operated today by United Airlines, who merged with Continental Airlines, which had bought People Express in 1987.

  8. Jet airliner - Wikipedia

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    The de Havilland Comet, the first purpose-built jet airliner The Boeing 707, the first commercially successful jetliner. The first purpose-built jet airliner was the British de Havilland Comet which first flew in 1949 and entered service in 1952 with BOAC. It carried 36 passengers up to 2500 miles (4000 km) at a speed of 450mph (725 km/h).

  9. 1958 in aviation - Wikipedia

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    May 25 – A Dan-Air Avro 685 York C.1 cargo aircraft suffered an in-flight engine fire and crashed during a forced landing near Gurgaon, Haryana, India, killing four of the five-person crew. May 26 – The Short SC.1 experimental VTOL aircraft made its first (tethered) vertical flight, in the United Kingdom.