The de Havilland Ghost (originally Halford H-2) was the de Havilland Engine Company's second design of a turbojet engine to enter production and the world's first gas turbine engine to enter airline service (with BOAC). The Ghost powered the de Havilland Venom, de Havilland Comet and SAAB 29 Tunnan. It was a scaled-up development of the Goblin. [1]

On October 25, 1999, a chartered Learjet 35 business jet was scheduled to fly from Orlando, Florida, United States to Dallas, Texas, United States. Early in the flight, the aircraft, which was climbing to its assigned altitude on autopilot , lost cabin pressure, and all six on board were incapacitated by hypoxia , a lack of oxygen in the brain ...

A ghost plane (a term sometimes used interchangeably with ghost flight) may refer to: Rendition aircraft, an aircraft used by national governments to move prisoners internationally; Ghost flight (commercial aviation), an empty or near-empty flight carried out to preserve a landing slot

Oct 1, 2024 · After air traffic control were unable to get in touch with Flight 522 for more than an hour after take off, the Greek military decided to send two F16 fighter jets up to determine what was going...

Oct 19, 2023 · Ghost planes are flights where, due to a malfunction, such as uncontrolled depressurization, the crew becomes immobilized mid-flight, leaving the plane on autopilot until it eventually runs out of fuel and crashes.

Mar 23, 2025 · The photo reconnaissance project was dropped and TG/278 became a test bed for the de Havilland Engine Company Ghost 2 turbojet (Halford H.2), which produced 4,400 pounds of thrust (19.57 kilonewtons) at 10,000 r.p.m.

The Ghost 40 was the first pure jet engine to power a civil aircraft, the de Havilland D.H.106 Comet airliner. This Ghost 48 Mk 1 was manufactured in 1956 under license by Gebr. Sulzer A.G. in Winterthur, Switzerland.

May 2, 2024 · The Ghost was a single-shaft centrifugal-flow turbojet with a single-stage compressor, 10 combustion chambers and a single-stage turbine. It was rated at 5,000 pounds of thrust (22.24 kilonewtons) at 10,250 r.p.m.

Mar 26, 2014 · Two crew members and four passengers, including 45-year-old golfer Payne Stewart, died in a ghost plane incident that ended in a field outside Aberdeen, South Dakota. The jet took off from...

The military version of the de Havilland Ghost was the Mk. 104 used to power the DH112 Venom Fighter-Bomber (FB), the Venom Night-Fighter (NF) and the Sea Venom. Engine specifications: Static Thrust: 4,850 lb. Air Mass Flow Rate: 87 lbs/sec. Pressure Ratio: 4.55:1. First engine delivered: June 1953. Number built: 477