Cockpit of De Havilland DH-106 Comet 4C (1959)

This is a 3D scan done with an iPhone 12 Lidar and http://3dScannerApp.com. Artifact hosted at the Restoration Center of the Seattle Museum of Flight. First flown in 1949, the British-made Comet was the world's first jet airliner to go into service. It was designed to give Great Britain a definite edge in post-World War II transport and it was an immediate success. Other commercial aircraft of the period, such as Douglas's DC-6, could not compete with the technological and performance superiority of the Comet. However, just when it seemed the Comet had sewn up the commercial-transport market, tragedy struck. Two deadly crashes within 16 weeks of each other revealed a design flaw that would eventually ground the original Comets for good. By the time the flaw had been corrected and the new Comet 4C had been produced, de Havilland's jet had lost its lead to the Boeing 707 and the Douglas DC-8. More info: https://www.museumofflight.org/aircraft/de-havilland-dh-106-comet-mk-4c