The Shuttleworth Collection’s de Havilland DH.88 Comet (G-ACSS) returns to flight.

On Friday, 1 August 2014, The Shuttleworth Collection’s de Havilland DH.88 Comet (G-ACSS) test flew at its Old Warden base for the first time in almost 12 years, marking the return to flight of this much-missed classic racer. Elliott Marsh writes for GAR.

Designed, built and flown by de Havilland in just nine months in 1934 exclusively to participate in the Sir MacPherson Robertson England to Australia air race, the Comet was a racing thoroughbred, powered to a maximum speed of 237mph by its two 6-cylinder de Havilland Gipsy engines. The Comet presents a striking profile: a slender 29ft wooden and spruce plywood fuselage conceals the aircraft’s main fuel tanks in the nose, and its smooth lines and graceful 44ft wingspan give it timeless art deco good looks.

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