Editing De Havilland Comet (section)

==Aircraft on display==
[[File:De Havilland Comet RAF Museum Cosford.jpg|thumb|Comet 1 G-APAS at the [[Royal Air Force Museum Midlands]] in Shropshire]]
[[File:De Havilland Comet - Imperial War Museum Duxford.jpg|thumb|Comet 4 G-APDB outdoors at the [[Imperial War Museum Duxford]] in Cambridgeshire; this aircraft was later painted in BOAC's livery and placed inside the museum's AirSpace hall.]]

Since retirement, three early-generation Comet airframes have survived in museum collections. The only complete remaining Comet 1, a Comet 1XB with the registration G-APAS, the last Comet 1 built, is displayed at the [[Royal Air Force Museum Midlands]].<ref name=cosford/> Though painted in BOAC colours, it never flew for the airline, having been first delivered to Air France and then to the Ministry of Supply after conversion to 1XB standard;<ref name=cosford>[http://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/cosford/collections/aircraft/de-havilland-comet-1a.cfm "de Havilland Comet 1A."] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101206055821/http://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/cosford/collections/aircraft/de-havilland-comet-1a.cfm |date=6 December 2010}} ''Royal Air Force Museum Cosford''. Retrieved 1 November 2010.</ref> this aircraft also served with the RAF as XM823. 

The sole surviving Comet fuselage with the original square-shaped windows, part of a Comet 1A registered F-BGNX, has undergone restoration and is on display at the [[de Havilland Aircraft Museum]] near [[St Albans]] in Hertfordshire, England.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dehavillandmuseum.co.uk/aircraft/de-havilland-dh106-comet-1a/ |title=de Havilland DH106 Comet 1A – de Havilland Aircraft Museum |website=dehavillandmuseum.co.uk |access-date=25 April 2016}}</ref> A Comet C2 ''Sagittarius'' with serial ''XK699'', later maintenance serial 7971M, was on display at the gate of [[RAF Lyneham]] in Wiltshire, England from 1987.<ref>Barratt, Tristan p. [https://www.flickr.com/photos/tristanbarratt/2044161326/ "Gate Guardian Comet C2 Sagittarius – XK699 – RAF Lyneham."] ''Flickr''. Retrieved 2 November 2010.</ref><ref name=XK699>Araujo, Ignacio. [http://www.publictenders.net/node/1664492 GB-High Wycombe: "Dismantlement and relocation of Gate Guardian Comet C2 XK699."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202165754/http://www.publictenders.net/node/1664492 |date=2 February 2014}} ''Defence Equipment & Support''. Retrieved 31 May 2012.</ref> In 2012, with the planned closure of RAF Lyneham, the aircraft was slated to be dismantled and shipped to the RAF Museum Cosford where it was to be re-assembled for display. The move was cancelled due to the level of corrosion and the majority of the airframe was scrapped in 2013, the cockpit section going to the [[Boscombe Down Aviation Collection]] at [[Old Sarum Airfield]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=5 November 2013 |title=Nose of RAF Lyneham's Comet Mk2 saved by volunteers |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-24940615 |publisher=[[BBC News]]}}</ref>

Six complete Comet 4s are housed in museum collections. The [[Imperial War Museum Duxford]] has a Comet 4 (G-APDB), originally in Dan-Air colours as part of its Flight Line Display, and later in BOAC livery at its AirSpace building.<ref>Oakey, Michael, ed. "Duxford's AirSpace opens". ''Aeroplane'', Vol. 35, No. 9, September 2007.</ref> A Comet 4B (G-APYD) is stored in a facility at the [[Science Museum at Wroughton]] in Wiltshire, England.<ref>[http://www.ssplprints.com/image.php?id=82768 "De Havilland Comet 4B airliner, serial no 6438, 1960."] ''Science & Society Picture Library''. Retrieved 2 November 2010.</ref> Comet 4Cs are exhibited at the ''[[Flugausstellung Peter Junior]]'' at [[Hermeskeil]], Germany (G-BDIW),<ref>[http://www.luftfahrtmuseum.com/htmi/imr/dhj.htm "DeHavilland DH 106 Comet 4 C."] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120301022611/http://www.luftfahrtmuseum.com/htmi/imr/dhj.htm |date=1 March 2012}} ''luftfahrtmuseum.com''. Retrieved 2 November 2010.</ref> the [[Museum of Flight]] Restoration Center near Everett, Washington (N888WA),<ref name=MoF>[http://www.museumofflight.org/aircraft/de-havilland-dh-106-comet-mk-4c "de Havilland D.H. 106 Comet Mk. 4C."] ''[[Museum of Flight]]''. Retrieved 2 November 2010.</ref> and the [[National Museum of Flight]] near Edinburgh, Scotland (G-BDIX).<ref>"emdjt42." [https://www.flickr.com/photos/emdjt42/4063299981/ "De Havilland Comet 4C G-BDIX Interior View Scottish Museum of Flight."] ''[[Flickr]]''. Retrieved 2 November 2010</ref>

The last Comet to fly, Comet 4C ''Canopus'' (XS235),<ref name=walker169/> is kept in running condition at [[Bruntingthorpe Aerodrome]], where fast taxi-runs are regularly conducted.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjTfg6CJb_w "DH106 Comet 'Canopus' 'Fast Taxi Run' – Bruntingthorpe Cold War Jets (May 2018)"] ''youtube.com''. Retrieved 28 July 2020.</ref> Since the 2000s, several parties have proposed restoring ''Canopus'', which is maintained by a staff of volunteers,<ref name=bruntingthorpe>{{cite web |url=https://www.bruntingthorpe.com/aviation/discover-explore/aviation-museum |title=Bruntingthorpe Aircraft Museum |publisher=Aviation Museum, Bruntingthorpe |access-date=22 March 2019 |archive-date=22 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190322213741/https://www.bruntingthorpe.com/aviation/discover-explore/aviation-museum |url-status=dead }}</ref> to airworthy, fully flight-capable condition.<ref name=d5>Darling 2001, p. 5.</ref> The Bruntingthorpe Aerodrome also displays a related Hawker Siddeley Nimrod MR2 aircraft.<ref name=bruntingthorpe/>