Prize-winning Comet racer marks anniversary

摘要

The Shuttleworth Collection's de Havilland DH.88 Comet G-ACSS Grosvenor House was rolled out onto the grass at Old Warden, Beds, on October 20, to mark the 80th anniversary of its participation in the MacRobertson Air Race. Organised in 1934 by the Royal Aero Club, the event began at Mildenhall in East Anglia, and ended at Flemington racecourse in Melbourne, Australia. Flown by C W A Scott and Tom Campbell Black, Grosvenor House won the race in a time of 70 hours and 54 minutes. One of only five Comets built by de Havilland, G-ACSS returned to flight on August 1 in the hands of Roger 'Dodge' Bailey after almost 12 years on the ground (see October 2014 issue).