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dh 88 The de Havilland DH.88 Comet is a British two-seat, twin-engined aircraft built by the de Havilland Aircraft Company. It was developed specifically to participate in the 1934 England-Australia MacRobertson Air Race from the United Kingdom to Australia..
dh 88 comet rc The de Havilland D.H.88 Comet is a twin-engined two-seat racing aircraft produced by the British manufacturer de Havilland Aircraft Company.
sv388 midlandhomes.uk.com 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 ...