Are we thinking of the same plane? The one with the square windows that caused stress fractures?
That was the de Havilland DH 106 Comet. He is talking about the Chevrolet Corviar, which was a car and the subject of Ralph Nader’s book Unsafe At Any Speed.
The Corvair was a GM automobile, made infamous by Ralph Nader's book "Unsafe at Any Speed."
You're thinking of the de Havilland Comet (or possibly the aircraft manufacturer Convair).
Hah!! Not even close. Thanks.
Airworthiness of the Corvair was also suspect.
Um... all those tuck-under accidents didn't happen? They weren't actually tuck under? They were tuck under, but that wasn't the fault of the car? What are you actually claiming here?
And, can you document it rather than just claim it?
He's probably referring to the 1972 NHTSA report that basically says "well lots of other cars are just as unsafe, so it's fine".