THE COMET RIDDLE

W. A. WATERTON & TIMOTHY HEWAT

FREDERICK MULLER
1955

First Edition.
This book tells the full story of the Comet, the world's first jet airliner, from its first brave hopes and promise to its tragic crashes in which British aviation hopes crashed too.

Out of these disasters came the determination to find who and what when wrong. This book records the indefatigable hunt for the truth—in the air, on the seabed, but most of all on the ground at Farnborough where Sir Arnold Hall, the greatest aviation detective alive, was at work. Finally this book shows that Hall's work has given the once-doomed Comets a new future, with brave new hopes.

Mr. Hewat's controversial and fascinating book, written in collaboration with W. A. (Bill) Waterton, ex-Chief Test Pilot of the Gloster Aircraft Company, will raise eyebrows, for it finds fault and presents the Comet story in the most revealing light.

19 x 13 cm. 160 pp + b/w photo plates.

Very good condition. Dust jacket creased on the spine and worn at the ends. Light foxing to the page edges