DH-88 Comet - Kiwi Aircraft Images

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dh 88 The de Havilland DH.88 Comet, a pioneering aircraft of the 1930s, built specifically to contest in the 1934 MacRobertson Air Race from England to Australia, the Comet was not just a racing aircraft but a harbinger of the potential that lay in long-distance air travel..

kẹo-dha-nhật All three DH 88 Comet were present on the start line. In front of 60,000 spectators, the race commenced with the DH.88 “Black Magic” soaring into the skies.The race was a gruelling 11,380 miles (ca. 18,314 km) journey. The DH.88 Comet’s superior endurance was on full show when both G-ACSP and G-ACSS flew non-stop to Baghdad.

dh-88 Background The Comet is a classic of the Golden Age of long distance air racing in the 1930's. The aircraft is well detailed elsewhere, but briefly the creation of the Comet was a response by de Havilland to the prospect of a non-British aircraft winning the 1934 England-Australia air race. The race was to celebrate the centenary of the state of Victoria. It was announced in March 1933, and ...