Comet Collection (page 4)

Halleys Comet over Hampstead Heath, London, May 1910
Star-gazers watch Halleys Comet near the Flagstaff on Hampstead Heath, London, May 1910. Date: 1910

De Havilland Comet 4 G-APDA Ghana Airways LAP 1961
De Havilland Comet 4 G-APDA of Ghana Airways at London Airport in 1961 Date: 1961

De Havilland Comet 4C G-BDIX Dan-Air London c 1976
De Havilland Comet 4C G-BDIX Dan-Air London, ex RAF 216 Sqn, at London Gatwick 1976 Date: circa 1976

The second de Havilland DH88 Comet G-ACSR
The second de Havilland DH88 Comet, G-ACSR, undergoing repairs following the pre-race accident

Halford, Lord and Lady Trenchard and de Havilland
From left: Major Frank Halford, Lord and Lady Trenchard and Sir Geoffrey de Havilland in front of the first prototype de Havilland Comet airliner, 1 March 1950, following their flight

de Havilland DH106 Comet 1 G-ALYV of BOAC
de Havilland DH106 Comet 1, G-ALYV, of BOAC. This aircraft disintegrated in India during an exceptionally heavy tropical thunderstorm on 2 May 1953 with the loss of all on board. Date: 1953

de Havilland DH106 Comet 1 G-ALYP of BOAC
de Havilland DH106 Comet 1, G-ALYP, of BOAC. This aircraft operated the first scheduled passenger service of a jet-propelled airliner on 2 May 1952

The de Havilland DH106 Comet first prototype G-ALVG
The de Havilland DH106 Comet first prototype, G-ALVG. 7 December 1949. Date: 1949

Ken Waller / Comet Plane
Kenneth Herbert Fraser Waller, pioneer aviator, and his De Havilland Comet

Punch comment on Halleys Comet - 1910
The Great Amateur. Aviator: " Marvellous Flier! And does it for love!" - Punch Magazines comment on the appearance of Halleys Comet in May, 1910

Appearance of Comet Crommelin in 1881
The appearance of Comet Crommelin in June/July/August 1881. Also known as Comet Pons-Coggia-Winnecke-Forbes, a periodic comet with an orbital period of almost 28 years

Comet of 1811 Rhine
A comet seen over the Rhine in Germany in 1811. Date: 1811

Comet of 1857 Paris
A comet is seen over Paris: in fact the " Comet of 1857" was a hoax. Date: 1857

Jean Sylvain Bailly
JEAN SYLVAIN BAILLY French astronomer who computed the orbit for Halleys Comet, and first Mayor of Paris in 1789 Date: 1736 - 1793

COMETS OF 1577 1680 1769
THREE EARLY COMET OBSERVATIONS - 1577, after Cornelius Gemma - 1680, after Sturm - 1769, after Messier Date: 1577, 1680, 1769

Comet of Coggia, 1874
THE COMET OF COGGIA observed from the Pont-Neuf, Paris, France Date: 1874

Comet of 1811 / Anon
A comet seen in 1811 somewhere over England, quite possibly the same one which was seen at daybreak from Otterbourne Hill, Winchester on October 15th. Date: 1811

Comet of 1811 / Mag. Pitt
A comet seen in 1811, quite possibly the same one which was seen at daybreak from Otterbourne Hill, Winchester on October 15th. Date: 1811

Morehouses Comet
MOREHOUSEs COMET photographed from Greenwich Date: 1908

Comet Pons-Winnecke 1921
The PONS-WINNECKE COMET, which some feared might hit Earth, passes by harmlessly Date: 1921

Page from Ironmonger Diary 1889
Two ads for Moorwood, Sons & Co. Comet, slow combustion stoves and Mathieson, Wilson & Co, ironfounders, Armley, Leeds. 1889

Parisians panic at the sight of a comet, thinking that it presages the end of the world. Date: 1819

De Havilland Comet 4 G-APDF BOAC tail Istanbul 1959
Close up of tail of De Havilland Comet 4 G-APDF of BOAC at Istanbul on 26 August 1959 Date: 1959

De Havilland Comet 4 G-APDE BOAC LAP 1958
De Havilland Comet 4 G-APDE of BOAC at London Airport in December 1958 Date: 1958

De Havilland Comet 4 G-APDB BOAC Zurich 1959
De Havilland Comet 4 G-APDB of BOAC at Zurich on 10 June 1959 Date: 1959

De Havilland Comet 4 G-APDC BOAC LAP 1958
De Havilland Comet 4 G-APDC of BOAC at London Airport on 2 October1958 Date: 1958

De Havilland Comet 4 G-APDA nose BOAC LAP 1958
De Havilland Comet 4 G-APDA close up of nose in front of BOAC building at London Airport in 1958 Date: 1958

Red-tailed comet, Sappho sparganura, and Ecuadorian hillstar, Oreotrochilus chimborazo.. Chromolithograph by unknown artist/engraver from Mary and Elizabeth Kirbys Beautiful Birds in Far-Off Lands

Cometarium.. Cometarium by W. Jones, a mechanical device designed to illustrate the motion of a comet about the Sun. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by J

A Pope with church leaders, a comet, an eclipse and accompanying text. Date: 1493

COMET 1882
Observed by a British artillery officer near the Pyramids, Egypt. Date: 1882

Bea Comet 4B Aeroplane
Passengers alighting from a British European Airways (BEA) Comet 4B plane at London Heathrow Airport, England. Date: 1960s

Col Roscoe Turner inspects the additional fuel tanks of the Boeing 247D, NR257Y, Warner Bros. Comet, prior to the MacRobertson England to Australia race of October 1934

Clyde Edward Pangborn, Col Roscoe Turner
From left: Clyde Edward Pangborn, Col Roscoe Turner and Reeder Nichols, the crew of Boeing 247D, NR257Y, Warner Bros. Comet

de Havilland DH88 Comet, G-ACSP, Black Magic (Jim Mollison and Amy Johnson) after a successful test flight prior to the MacRobertson England to Australia race, October 1934

Gp Capt John Cunningham CBE
Gp Capt John Cunningham, CBE, DSO**, DFC*, HonFRAeS, 1917-2002, right, with Brazilian delegates in front of the Comet airliner. Date: 1917

de Havilland DH88 Comet Racer under construction at Hatfield

de Havilland DH88 Comet probably G-ACSR
de Havilland DH88 Comet, probably G-ACSR

de Havilland DH106 Comet 4 XW626 (formerly G-APDS)
de Havilland DH106 Comet 4, XW626 (formerly G-APDS), after conversion to test the radar for the AEW Nimrod

de Havilland DH106 Comet C2 XK695 Perseus
de Havilland DH106 Comet C2, XK695, Perseus, of RAF Transport Command

de Havilland / Hawker Siddeley DH / HS121 Trident 1C, G-ARPA
The first de Havilland/Hawker Siddeley DH/HS121 Trident 1C, G-ARPA, for BEA is rolled out at Hatfield on 4 August 1961 past a de Havilland Comet 4B, also in BEA markings. Date: 1961

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