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de Havilland D.H106 Comet 1 Trans French African Airways

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Hello everyone. For today, is a presidential election, but i have a comet from fictional airline Trans French African Airways. That a airline that operated since 1936 until 1960 by independience of the mayority of territories that the airline have as for destinations. Comment or Upvote!

About Trans French African Airways:
Trans French African Airways or Voie aérienne transfrançaise-africaine was an airline that was a division of air france. This specifically transported passengers from the French colonies in Africa to Paris, the base being the N'Djamena airport or at that time Fort-Lamy.

When it was founded in 1936, the airline took off from the desert. Their bases were in Mali (French Sudan), Chad, Congo, Ad So. Trans French African Airways gained success in 40’s, becoming the first Afro-French airline to succeed.

In 1950, the airline went from a poor airline to a very profitable passenger airline. In 1952, after the introduction of the Comet, the airline ordered 100 of them to replace the old DC-4s, which were very old, in 1955, the airline received the first Comet after a 3-year delay. With the Comet in the fleet the airline could take passengers to Paris more quickly.

But things got serious, since on May 24, 1957, a comet disintegrated due to a bomb in the rear of the aircraft. After that happened, the airline grounded all its comets and asked for maintenance so that this would not happen again. In 1958, the airline ordered the new Comet 4, but they arrived too late, 1959. As it says at the beginning, it operated from 1936 to 1960. and the airline closed on August 11 due to the independence of Chad, the airline hub.

Airline’s Fleet:
-Douglas DC-3
-Douglas DC-4
-Douglas DC-7
-de Havilland Comet 1
-Boeing 707 (arrended)
-Boeing 307

And Use for planespotting or fictional crash with the plane.

Spotlights

General Characteristics

  • Predecessor De Havilland D.H106 Comet 1 BOAC
  • Created On iOS
  • Wingspan 114.4ft (34.9m)
  • Length 102.6ft (31.3m)
  • Height 29.6ft (9.0m)
  • Empty Weight 84,479lbs (38,319kg)
  • Loaded Weight 114,955lbs (52,142kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 0.586
  • Wing Loading 46.1lbs/ft2 (225.3kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 2,491.3ft2 (231.4m2)
  • Drag Points 21838

Parts

  • Number of Parts 510
  • Control Surfaces 5
  • Performance Cost 2,442