De Havilland Comet 3 G-ANLO, c 1950s. [Getty Images]

UNITED KINGDOM - NOVEMBER 15: De Havilland Comet 3 G-ANLO, c 1950s. De Havilland Comet 3 G-ANLO, c 1950s. The Comet 3 was the first jet aircraft to circumnavigate the globe. (Photo by Science & Society Picture Library/SSPL/Getty Images)

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