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XW626
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1962 De Havilland DH.106 Comet C.4 C/N 6419Discuss this aircraft in forum |
by kenvidkid @ EGLF
![XW626 @ EGLF - De Havilland DH.106 Comet 4(Mod) [6419] Farnborough~G 10/09/1978. Nimrod prototype. Taken from a slide. Closer view of the nose. - by Ray Barber](/images/aircraft/thumbnails/001/171/001171357.jpg "XW626 @ EGLF - De Havilland DH.106 Comet 4(Mod) [6419] Farnborough~G 10/09/1978. Nimrod prototype. Taken from a slide. Closer view of the nose. - by Ray Barber")
by Ray Barber @ EGLF
![XW626 @ EGLF - De Havilland DH.106 Comet 4(Mod) [6419] Farnborough~G 10/09/1978. Nimrod prototype. Taken from a slide. - by Ray Barber](/images/aircraft/thumbnails/001/171/001171356.jpg "XW626 @ EGLF - De Havilland DH.106 Comet 4(Mod) [6419] Farnborough~G 10/09/1978. Nimrod prototype. Taken from a slide. - by Ray Barber")
by Ray Barber @ EGLF
| Manufacturer: | De Havilland |
| Model: | DH.106 Comet C.4 Search all De Havilland DH.106 Comet C.4 |
| Year built: | 1962 |
| Construction Number (C/N): | 6419 |
| Aircraft Type: | Fixed wing multi engine |
| Number of Seats: | 99 |
| Number of Engines: | 4 |
| Engine Type: | Turbojet |
| Engine Manufacturer and Model: | Rolls-Royce Avon 350 |
| Registration Number: | XW626 |
| Current Status: | De-registered |
| Owner: | Royal Air Force |
| Address: | , United Kingdom |
| Geoffrey Hui, 2011-03-01 06:02:09 | |
| According to Flight International 12 March 1977, G-APDS was converted to a prototype trials NIMROD aircraft. The article includes a picture of the aircraft with nose radar fitted and in RAD livery. I looked up this aircraft on the web because I was a passenger on it in March 1963. Said to have been scrapped at Bedford 1994; see http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?t=91478 Here is a photo link - http://www.airliners.net/photo/93605/ | |
| Geoffrey Hui, 2011-03-01 06:05:39 | |
| This aircraft lost its undercarriage in an accident in Madrid in March 1960 according to an article quoting an ICAO report reproduced here http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1963/1963%20-%202057.html | |