“10 gallons of gas and a match” was Jim Goodall first thought on viewing the Museum of Flight’s British de Havilland Comet which he is in charge of restoring. The original Comets were the first commercial jet, carrying passengers in the 1950s. First flown in 1959 this particular airplane was last used to train firefighters and was full of water and green slime when the museum took possession in 1994. It had been grounded by the FAA during its final flying job sometime after being sold to Redmond Air in 1978. The cockpit restoration is complete but Goodall believes it will be another 4-6 years before the plane is ready to be put on exhibit.