G-APDJ  de Havilland D.H.106 Comet 4                               (c/n  6429)

                                

                                     By early 1963 BOAC had replaced Britannias with Comets on the London to Australia service.
                                    Geoff Goodall (still a schoolboy then) took this shot on a rainy day at Essendon in May 1963.
                                     Delivered to the British national carrier in January 1960, it was seconded for a while to Air
                                     Ceylon, in 1962.  It retained the same livery, but carried Air Ceylon titling.  When returned,
                                     it was operated by BOAC until April 1967 when it was sold to Dan-Air London.  G-APDJ
                                     was scrapped in November 1972.