De Havilland Comet

1949 airliner family
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De Havilland Comet

Summary

De Havilland Comet is an aircraft family[1]. It ranks in the top 0.77% of aircraft_family entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,201 views/month, #12 of 1,568).[2]

Key Facts

  • De Havilland Comet's instance of is recorded as aircraft family[3].
  • De Havilland Comet is operated by British European Airways[4].
  • De Havilland Comet is operated by Middle East Airlines - Air Liban[5].
  • De Havilland Comet is operated by Olympic Airways[6].
  • De Havilland Comet is operated by Royal Air Force[7].
  • De Havilland Comet is operated by Kuwait Airways[8].
  • De Havilland Comet is operated by Channel Airways[9].
  • De Havilland Comet's manufacturer is recorded as de Havilland Aircraft Company[10].
  • De Havilland Comet is a type of airplane with 4 jet engines[11].
  • De Havilland Comet is a type of land-based airliner monoplane[12].
  • De Havilland Comet is a type of airliner[13].
  • De Havilland Comet's Commons category is recorded as De Havilland DH.106 Comet[14].
  • De Havilland Comet's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[15].
  • De Havilland Comet's first flight is recorded as July 27, 1949[16].
  • De Havilland Comet's service entry is recorded as May 2, 1952[17].
  • De Havilland Comet's service retirement is recorded as March 14, 1997[18].
  • De Havilland Comet's topic's main category is recorded as Category:De Havilland Comet[19].
  • De Havilland Comet's total produced is recorded as {'amount': '+114'}[20].
  • De Havilland Comet's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'De Havilland Comet'}[21].
  • De Havilland Comet's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+34'}[22].
  • De Havilland Comet's height is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+9'}[23].
  • De Havilland Comet's wingspan is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+35'}[24].
  • De Havilland Comet's vehicle range is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+5190'}[25].
  • De Havilland Comet's wing area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25343', 'amount': '+197'}[26].

Body

Physical Characteristics

De Havilland Comet's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+34'}[22].

Designation and Status

De Havilland Comet's instance of is recorded as aircraft family[3].

Why It Matters

De Havilland Comet ranks in the top 0.77% of aircraft_family entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,201 views/month, #12 of 1,568).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] It is known by 67 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . The Illustrated London News. britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 10d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Total produced {'amount': '+114'}
    Vehicle range {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+5190'}
    Height {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+9'}
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007543255605171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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