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seats, with a large transparency in the wing centre section above them and accessed via a door on each side. The cabin was equipped with dual controls, radio and blind-flying instrumentation. Behind the seats there was 5.5 cu ft (0.16 m) of luggage space in which loads of up to
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The Comet's fuselage had a welded steel tube structure, with a light wooden-framed upper section aft of the cabin. Apart from the engine housing, the fuselage was fabric covered. It was advertised with a choice of two
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frame by internal, vertical struts and the wing braced on each side with a parallel pair of streamlined steel tubes between the wing spars and the lower fuselage frame. Its short, broad
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386:50 mph (80 km/h; 43 kn)
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417:Frachet, André (25 May 1939).
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267:One passenger or second pilot
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251:Data from
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