Golden Age of Aviation

Historic aircrafts in black and white at airports, illustrating the evolution of air travel and the grandeur of early commercial aviation.

First Aid For Damaged Comet Airliner -- *****  as it came to rest after running ***** runway.A British comet jet airliner ran off the runway at Dum Dum Airport, Calcutta, July 24, damaging the starboard wing and its bogie under carriage.Experts fitted a deflated gasbag under the damaged wing and righted the leaning plane by inflating the bag.The plane was then removed to the shelter of a ***** for repair work to be carried. August 12, 1953. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).
First Aid For Damaged Comet Airliner -- ***** as it came to rest after running ***** runway.A British comet jet airliner ran off the runway at Dum Dum Airport, Calcutta, July 24, damaging the starboard wing and its bogie under carriage.Experts fitted a deflated gasbag under the damaged wing and righted the leaning plane by inflating the bag.The plane was then removed to the shelter of a ***** for repair work to be carried. August 12, 1953. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).