From Comet to A380

Looking through some of my unmade models recently with my 6-year old son, who is currently working on a Concorde model, he asked about which aircraft was biggest.  Well it must be the A380 I said and we looked at a fuselage half section.  Then we compared that with a Comet 4B model.  Both aircraft in their day are/were at the forefront of technology and at the top of leisurely travel.  But, just look at the staggering difference in size.  The Comet fuselage just about fits into a single A380 engine!

 

The attached picture shows just how far civil aviation has come in 50 years or so.