Boeing President Bill Allen led a company delegation to the UK in summer 1950, where they saw the Comet fly at the Farnborough Airshow, and also visited the de Havilland factory at Hatfield, Hertfordshire where the Comets were being built.
O presidente da compañía, Bill Allen, liderou unha delegación de Boeing ao Reino Unido no verán de 1950 onde viu ao Comet voar no Farnborough Airshow, e tamén visitou a fábrica de de Havilland en Hatfield, Hertfordshire, onde os Comets eran ensamblados.