Hi,

Being a Brit, of course, the worlds first commercial jetliner, 1949.

Went into service 1952.

The first version suffered from catastrophic metal fatigue issues after about a year,
though at the time it was cynically suggested to be a Yanks sabotage campaign.

mk2 improved the mk1, mk3 was a prototype., mk4 1958.

rgds, sreten.



mk4B 1969



The last flying version (2011) was the Nimrod, over 60 years after the
first version. The last mk4C commercial version was retired in 1997.