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 ...ying the long-
distance records established in [the mid-thirties, is posed for the "Flight" camera by Neil Williams
Of outstanding performance in its day, and still a thrilling sight—the de Havilland DH.88 Comet
(no longer airworthy). The Comet won the 1934 England-Australia air race in 7lhr. Power was two
230 h.p. Gipsy Six Rs; and a retractable undercarriage, v-p propellers and wing flaps were t...
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 ...iator. The Hurricane is ex
pected to take several years to com
plete, since it has not flown for 30
years, and will be virtually re-built.
Pride of place amongst the current
projects goes to the DH.88 Comet
racer, G-ACSS, which has been
on static display for some years but
has not flown since 1938. Fears that
the airframe was in a very poor con
dition have been allayed somewhat
followin...
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 ...D.H. 88 Comet racer may
fly again next year
A MOST famous and beautiful racine on ; l g
aeroplane, de Havilland D.H. 88 Comet
G-ACSS Grosvenor House, should fly
again before the end of next year....
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 ...TRAIGHTPCTLEVEL
DH.88 Comet Salazar in Portugese colours. It was originally G-ACSP, the first of
the three 1934 MacRobertson London-Sydney race Comets, flown by the Mollisons
as Black Magic in that event.
All the ...
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 ...FLIGHT International, 25 December 1976
Advanced Rating
1 What 1939-45 twin-piston-engined
fighter could exceed 350 m.p.h. on one
engine?
2 From what aircraft was the first
successful emergency e...
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 ...ng of survivors from that
golden age when private flying, record breaking and
the advance of aeronautical experience went
hand in hand. From all over Britain they came to
join the Trust's Moth, Gull, DH.88 Comet and
Wren; evocative names like Miles, Percival and
de Havilland were all well represented.
David Ogilvy, the Trust's general manager, did
well to get so good a selection of aircraft to att...
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Distance 7 5 miles
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Duration 26 mins y
Max Height .3.000 feet
Note The urban area of Pans now covers the whole of the countryside shown
in the map
FAMOUS FLIGHTS
—recalle...
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 ...d, in the
Sports & Social Club on
18 June. Anybody who
started an apprenticeship
there before they decided
to change the name in
1963 is welcome — con
tact Bruce Bosher on +44
(442) 832 318.
DH.88 Comet and DH.98 Mosquito
• If you want a perma
nent souvenir of Hatfield,
try Philip Birtles' 1993
history of the site*,
which has been reprinted
and is available from the
trust which is ...
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 ...TRAIGHT^ LEVEL
De Havilland DH.88 Comet
YUCKSPEAK
Series of 1,000,000
"De-orbiting of redun
dant spacecraft" = meteor
shower.
• "The sum of all that is
used to determine the
outcome of the milestone,
which will occur la...
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 ...ld be
flown, put on your Aaah-
"Camera gun practice" it says
de-Havilland-tinted specs
on 25 November and
stand near Hatfield House,
and you should see (and
hear) a Mosquito and its
uncle, the DH.88 Comet,
doing a Mosquito-50th-
birthday flypast.
• Fifty years to the week
after the Battle of Taranto,
the Royal Navy Historic
Flight has taken delivery
of a second Fairey Sword-
fish, bou...
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 ... to quell an extra-big riot)
. . . on suspicion of breaking and entering". . .
(HeavyLift's recently acquired Canadair Sky monster at Stansted)
• How sad that Shuttleworth
has had to abandon the
DH.88 Comet restoration.
When I think of the money
and time given by countless
individuals and companies
over the past eight years, I
wonder how such a tragedy
can be allowed to happen. I
suppo...
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 ...FFICIAL ORGAN OF THE HOYAL AERO CLUB PRIVATE FLIGHT
NewGA
award
for UK
LONDON
The Trustees of the British
Light Aviation and Gliding
Foundation have announced a
new biennial award for "the
in...
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 ...FLIGHT International, 15 December 197$ 1997
Cessna's "known icing" r
package for singles
Private IFyiasnr
Official organ of the Royal Aero Club
THE T210 and the pressurised P210
Centurions can n...
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 ...FLIGHT International, 10 December 1964
Super Staggered This home-built monoplane (biplane?), designed and constructed by Jo
Despretz, of Morlaix in Brittany, is reported to "incorporate novel devices ...
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 ...n and Turmo turbo-
props and for the Tyne (under Hawker Siddeley Dynamics
licence) for Transalls and Atlantics are made by Ratier
Figeac. Ratier started making propellers in 1908, and
equipped the DH.88 Comet Racer with v.p. units in 1934.
Autopilots are the speciality of SFENA (Societe Fran-
caise d'Equipement pour la Navigation Aerienne. The com
pany supplies systems for Concorde (with Elli...
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 ...r
ming new ideas to
plot the airline's path
way into the future,
and you will all want
to know the result. It
is: will you please
turn off the lights
when you leave."
Scott & Campbell-Black, DH.88 Comet, 1934
and alcohol at the old duty
free prices. According to
the Daily Telegraph, "if they
can carry them onto the air
craft, customers will be able
to buy 800 cigarettes
of77dJ5a.
...
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 ...as part of a plan to
improve facilities for the 1979 season.
This extended area will be open every
day and will enable visitors to see
some of the historic aircraft being
restored, including the DH.88 Comet
and the Hawker Hind brought back
from Afghanistan. There is also an
improved layout in No 1 hangar
(housing some of the world's earliest
aircraft. Entry prices are 75p for
an adult a...
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 ...o look like Roscoe
Tanner when they're playing the part of Roscoe
Tanner; people who know how to wave a Union Jack
at an American; people who can make a passable
taxiing replica of a de Havilland DH.88 Comet in six
weeks flat; but above all, people who know the
difference between a Boeing and an Avro Anson...
(from Half a World Away, an Australian film of the
1934 London-Melbourne Air Race...
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 ...sary for racing. Most were designed for
manoeuvrability at higher weights than
those at which they race. This means that,
although a great deal of weight is removed,
the aircraft has too light a w...
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