Seat 2A,

I too have heard the Caravelle used Comet design/bits. The only reference I can lay my hands on is Malcom Hill's "BAC One-Eleven" published by Crowood, 1999.

Hill states: "The Caravelle benefited from the Comet design in an even more positive way, its nose section and flight deck being directly based on the Comet's". Id. p.8

Not a ton of detail...