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The first regular jet flight (with a Havilland Comet) leaves London with thirty-six passengers to arrive eighteen hours later
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South African History Online. (2012, May 3). The first regular jet flight (with a Havilland Comet) leaves London with thirty-six passengers to arrive eighteen hours later. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0082623
South African History Online (2012) 'The first regular jet flight (with a Havilland Comet) leaves London with thirty-six passengers to arrive eighteen hours later', South African History Online, 3 May. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0082623 (Accessed: 30 September 2026).
South African History Online, The first regular jet flight (with a Havilland Comet) leaves London with thirty-six passengers to arrive eighteen hours later [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0082623, (accessed 30 September 2026).
"The first regular jet flight (with a Havilland Comet) leaves London with thirty-six passengers to arrive eighteen hours later." South African History Online, 3 May 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0082623. Accessed 30 Sept. 2026.
South African History Online. "The first regular jet flight (with a Havilland Comet) leaves London with thirty-six passengers to arrive eighteen hours later." South African History Online. May 3, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0082623.
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