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De Havilland DH-88 Comet (G-ACSS)  
  Location and date  
Old Warden (EGTH) (United Kingdom)  Filter by US state Show nearby airports Show location
July 27, 2014
  Photographer  
John Mellor
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1st of type for AC !

The de Havilland DH.88 Comet was a twin-engined British aircraft designed for the 1934 MacRobertson Air Race. Three examples took part in the race and one of them (G-ACSS) won it. The type set many aviation records during the race and afterwards, as a pioneer mail plane.
The DH.88 might have been the only wooden British high-performance monoplane, but for a shortage of metal for aircraft construction during the Second World War. Experience with the DH.88 would later be put to use in designing the DH.98 Mosquito, also a twin-engined monoplane of wooden construction.
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John Mellor

12-6-2014 17:56:07

Flying again!
http://youtu.be/tn_yt1mkVc0

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The de Havilland Aircraft Company Ltd 1920 - 1964 created by John Mellor
Founded in 1920 by Geoffrey de Havilland at Stag Lane Aerodrome Edgware, London.

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