From: "Alireza Alivandivafa" <DEmocrat2n@xxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 1:32 AM > In a message dated 7/15/2003 6:57:48 PM Pacific Daylight Time, > Rinoflite@xxxxxxx writes: > > << National Airlines was the first airline to enter the jet age > with a DC-8 and beat out pan Am which used the Boeing 707 >> > > Wasn't Aeroflot, with the TU-104 or BOAC with the Comet 1 the first ariline > to enter the jet age? > Comet, if you call that entering the jet age. One always wonders if DeHavilland didn't have the disaster first, would someone else have had it instead. It was a hard way to find out about pressurization and its problems, but it sure was effective. Gerry http://foley.ultinet.net/~gerry/aerial/aerial.html http://home.columbus.rr.com/gfoley http://members.fortunecity.com/gfoley/egypt/egypt.html