DH Comet, Card No 07 (GPAviation 1938)

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Aircraft, Series 1 (Godfrey Phillips)

DH Comet, Card No 07 (GPAviation 1938).jpg

Card No. 07: The DE HAVILLAND COMET

Two-seat Long-range Racing Monoplane, Winner of the 1934 England-Australia air race

Two 224 h.p. special De Havilland "Gipsy-Six" engines

  • Span: 44 feet
  • Weight loaded: 5,250 lbs.
  • Maxumum speed: 235 m.p.h.
  • Maximum range: 2,900 miles

Built by:

  • The De Havilland Aircraft Co., Ltd., Hatfield, Herts.

Some newsworthy flights by "Comet":

  • England to Melbourne (11,300 miles): 71 hours
  • England to Melbourne and back (23,000 miles): 13½ days
  • Belgium to Belgian Congo and back (8,800 miles): 7 days.



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