The DH.106 Comet - an illustrated history
By Martin Painter ISBN 0 85130 330 7
The author of this highly-researched work has spent over twenty-five years preparing the most complete history so far published of every example of this celebrated and pioneering British jet airliner.
At the core of the book are the extensively detailed individual aircraft histories, with further chapters covering the airliner's development, the Comet operators, fates, survivors and simulators in addition to a pilot's account of a typical Dan-Air flight.
Liberally-illustrated with over 600 illustrations (of which 242 are in colour) including photographs and sideviews, diagrams, maps, tables and timetables, this book charts the story of the Comet from the 1940s towards its present-day development, the Nimrod MRA.4.
Gloss art paper throughout, 368pp A4 hardback