Today we're taking a look at the De Havilland D.H 108 Swallow. This was an aircraft built as a 1/2 model to test a tailless design for the de Havilland Comet. This project yielded three prototypes, each one would crash fatally, but valuable lessons would be learned, and the Swallow would perform a series of 'firsts' for British aviation.

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Producing these videos is a hobby of mine - and apparently its now a full-time job too! I have a passion for history, and personally own a large collection of books, journals and other texts, and endeavor to do as much research as possible. However if there are any mistakes, please don't hesitate to reach out and correct anything :)

Sources:

Butler.T & Delezenne.JL (2010), X-Planes of Europe
Jackson.A.J, Jackson.R.T (1987), De Havilland Aircraft since 1909