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dh 88 comet With its cantilever design, the DH.88 was to be powered by two 230p Gipsy Six R engines that drove the Ratier two position propellers. These propellers automatically changed pitch from fine to coarse depending on airspeed which was quite advanced for the time..
xe dh 88 của nước nào Quote: "DH 88 Comet. The original full-scale de Havilland D.H. 88 Comet first flew in 1934. The Comet was designed and built to compete in an air race from London, England, to Melbourne, Australia: the 'MacRobertson' race. The prize money for this race was about 0,000. The race was run over a distance of 12,300+ miles.
sv388 midlandhomes.uk.com 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)