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International Federation of Airworthiness. Promoting AirworthinessInternationalImpartial
October 8, 2026

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BOAC’s First Transatlantic Jet Service

BOAC’s First Transatlantic Jet Service By Lee Cross Fouth of October in 1958, British Overseas Aircraft Corporation (BOAC) launched the world’s first jet-powered transatlantic flight. Using the de Havilland Comet 4, BOAC beat rival Pan American to the post by just three weeks, operating the first jet service across the North Atlantic to New York. This was despite Pan Am...
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