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Spock Says this on "Strange New worlds" in Episode 9 which I found really interesting because it is also true.

Because I was raised in the 1950s there were no jet passenger planes until about 1957 in the U.S. However, in England they started all this in: 1952.

But, until I was about 9 years old Flights weren't happening on jets at all in the U.S. (Passenger flights). 

when was the first passenger jet flight

 

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The first commercial passenger jet flight took place on May 2, 1952. 

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Aircraft: de Havilland Comet (DH.106 Comet 1)
Airline: BOAC (British Overseas Airways Corporation)
Route: London, England to Johannesburg, South Africa
Maiden Test Flight: July 27, 1949 (when the prototype first flew) 

Would you like to know more about how the Comet changed commercial aviation or its tragic structural issues later in its history?

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Wikipedia

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The world's first commercial jet airliner, the Comet 1 prototype first flew in 1949. at its debut in 1952. First flight 27 July 1949

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Sir Geoffrey de Havilland conceived the idea of the DH106 'Comet' in 1943 and design work began in September 1946. The prototype first flew on 27 July 1949.