Some interesting In-Law History for me

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I picked up these framed letters from my late mother-in-laws house. Her father was a pilot for CP Air, flew a lot of early flights for them, and was killed in a crash in Pakistan in 1953 on a delivery flight. Some issues about the fault, whether it was pilot error or aircraft flaws in the De Havilland Comet Mark 1.

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Knowing the history of the Comet, I’d be willing to bet it was the Comet. Proving square windows are a terrible idea since 1949!

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Its no secret the Comet was a man eater. It singlehandedly destroyed Britain as a world power in Transport aviation.