On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 1:00 PM, Alan J Fletcher <[email protected]> wrote:
> (Without googling) -- I thought Boeing gave away the wing design to Japan. They did on the 787; but, IIRC, they split it among several companies. > The weak point of the comet was the corners of the square windows. > (And btw, the Comet never went away ... OOPS : the comet-based Nimrod DID > finally retire, on June 28, 2011). Well, yeah, the riveted windows were a cause of the loss of pressurization; but, the History Channel show I remember laid the blame on the overall structural design. The wing design was horrible and very prone to stalling. Just look at the wing! Uglie! :-) T
