European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 25, 1958, Darmstadt, Hesse                                A tart Comet in taking off from the Airfield at dinner h waved de posters on the Comet in will travel in by Robert staff writer airliners have moved into the Jel and the and Britain Jive been running neck and neck in rivalry to be first to schedule regular Pas Senger Acron the Britain Comet in jumped the gun on the pan american 707 Clipper by chalking up the first transatlantic flights Between new York and London with far paying passengers on set a record doing with the inauguration of transoceanic Jet the and Britain will be Able to forget at teat the Day two years ago when a soviet tu1q4 touched Down at it was Little More than a converted but it was a Jet Airliner and the Only one then in British overseas airways Boac sent us Comet out from new York at 7 am and it completed the nonstop hop to Lon Don in a record six hours 13 the westbound Comet departed London at am and landed at new York at pm after stopping at Gander to the two comets passed each other 250 Miles apart in mid Atlantic at with the Success of its initial Boac announced it would Start its daily transatlantic service 11 the Comet by de is a handsome Airliner with Graceful swept Back with a weight of More than to it is driven by four Roll Royce Avon engines each giving pounds thrust the Jet pipes Are fitted with Allen Ceri to reduce exterior noise and he outboard engines have thrust which can be used As a braking device on comets High crusing Speed some we will Cut the time sharply on Long Dunn be new York will be m to hours from even allowing for a 45ralnute refuelling Stop at because of prevailing head winds from new York to the Comet time will be under seven hours compared with Chhour runs of the fastest con 12 vent Lonny airliners on Atlantic next year the Comet is to Start regular services on the Boac routes from London to the far including Hong Kong and Tokyo and to in 1960 it will go on to the Londo Johannesburg route and May also begin services to South on the australian route the Comet will Fly the Miles Halfway round the Sidney in about 36 the Gowrley to Tokyo will take about 30 hours or and Hong Kong May be under a Days journey from is by no Means comets Only pure Jet engines Are extremely smooth in operation and almost completely free of flying at eight Miles a eight Miles the passenger has Little impression of the new Jet has Many other features contributing to improved Comfort for Passen weather detection radar the most modern gives the Pilot a picture of the position of any storm areas up to 100 Miles or More the Comet in is considerably smaller than the Boeing pan am clippers and Boac has ordered 15 beings to use on Atlantic runs next the medium Range comets will then be exclusively of Commonwealth the Advent of the Jet age in commercial air travel has resulted in an unprecedented capital outlay by both pan am and Boac the 707s will Cost around million and the smaller comets average More than 94 million comets will be used at the outset on More expensive since the Boac jetliners seat Only 48 the roundtrip fare from London to new York 1 has been set at the comets could be converted to carry 81 passengers on econ omy with the new jetliners carrying a far greater passenger payload and shortening their increased earning Power should offset their higher the net result will be lower fares with which the Hope to woo new the stars and stripes de luxe passengers can really relax on fan Doty