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A De Havilland Comet makes the first jetliner flight with fare-paying passengers, from London to Johannesburg.
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De Havilland Comet
First commercial jet airliner, four-engined
The de Havilland DH.106 Comet is the world's first commercial jet airliner. Developed and manufactured by de Havilland in the United Kingdom, the Comet 1 prototype first flew in 1949. It features an aerodynamically clean design with four de Havilland Ghost turbojet engines…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Johannesburg
Largest city in South Africa
Johannesburg is the most populous city in South Africa. With 5,538,596 people in the City of Johannesburg alone and over 14.8 million in the urban agglomeration, it is classified as a megacity and is one of the 100 largest urban areas in the world. Johannesburg is the provincial…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)