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1951
1951 - 1763.PDF
FLIGHT, 7 September 1951 COMET DECOR On the right is a vignette of the port forward corner of the eight-seat front cabin. The grille in the head of the bulkhead covers the extractor vent for cabin air re-circulation. (Below, left) Detail of the beautifully- designed and cleverly planned galley, show- ing the electric oven, tip-up seat for the steward, fitted cupboards and, through the, door, a glimpse of the forward cabin. that one is sitting in a tube. The overhead racks for light luggage assist in this regard as well. Marking the forward end of the main 28-seat cabin is a structural bulkhead with a large curtained doorway giving into an eight-seat forward cabin. This has fixed chairs in facing pairs separated by removable Wareite plastic-veneer-topped tables. The doorway in the forward end-wall of this compartment is fitted with a base-hinged flap, which can be lowered to form a servery table. Thus, the steward can pass food-trays and drinks, etc., through from the galley to the stewardess in the cabin without constantly opening the main door between galley and cabin. The galley is unusually spacious and is furnished with cabinet and cupboard units in bright-buffed Alclad; these are arranged athwart- ships in the rear starboard corner of the flight deck, fore and aft of the crew entry door. The complementary space to port is utilized as a luggage and freight hold, and is equipped with lockable doors. station is a dry-air-sandwich window set in a splayed surround of beige-grey plastic and curtained with wavy candy-striped linen in Indian-red and white. As in the foyer, the floor of the cabin is covered by a deep-pile carpet of dark blue, which is carried up the base of the walls to form a wainscot, in which are arranged the air-entry ducts of the cabin conditioning system. The walls and ceiling of the cabin are finished in leather-cloth of a cool grey shade and, ingeniously, this is formed in flat panels running the length of the cabin. We say ingeniously, because this simple device seems largely to negative any impression The sumptuous, fully adjustable choirs are entirely individual units so that occupants of adjacent seats need not inconvenience one another. Above them are pre-focused reading lights and a steward-call button.
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