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Let's say the de Havilland Comet I managed to avoid the structural fatigue issues that grounded the plane by 1954.

It is of my personal opinion that the Comet would only have been a fleeting success--its very design limited the potential for design improvements, especially since the jet engines buried in the wings limited the potential for more powerful and better engines. The Boeing 707 and Douglas DC-8 would still have enjoyed a lot more success by 1960, since with podded engine mounts, Boeing and Douglas could easily incorporate replacements for the original engines with much more powerful engines in the longer term, which would allow higher mean takeoff weight (MTOW) versions with more fuel capacity for much longer range.

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