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Aviation History: The Comet and the Cracks That Changed Aviation

The de Havilland Comet made Britain the first country to fly jet passengers, then three aircraft came apart in the sky. A B2 retelling of the Farnborough water-tank test that found metal fatigue and changed how every airliner is built, with a sequencing exercise.

Aviation History: The Comet and the Cracks That Changed Aviation
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