de Havilland DH.88 Comet | This Day in Aviation

dh 88 comet de Havilland DH.88 Comet G-ACSP replica at Essendon, VIC in July 1990 (the late Michael Madden) United Kingdom. Two-seat twin-engine racing monoplane. Two 172 kw (230 hp) de Havilland Gipsy Six R six-cylinder in-line air-cooled engines. The story of the de Havilland DH.88 Comet series of racing aircraft is well known and has been told many times..

sika 88 tile adhesive  De Havilland DH.88 Comet was designed as a racer for the 1934 MacRobertson Air Race between London and Melbourne (the same race were the KLM DC-2 Uiver won a prize).

xe dh 88 giá báo nhiêu  The Comet was one of three built especially for the 1934 MacRobertson Trophy Air Race, England to Australia, which it had won with an elapsed time of 70 hours, 54 minutes. De Havilland DH-88 Comet G-ACSS, Australian Anniversary, Blenheim, New Zealand, 20 March 1938 (National Library of New Zealand)