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Offline Greybeard

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De Havilland Comet
« on: 11.12. 2023 10:15 »
What a beauty😘

It was designed to meet the specific requirements of the race. It was the first British aircraft to incorporate in one airframe all the elements of the modern high speed aircraft - stressed-skin construction, cantilever monoplane flying surfaces, retractable undercarriage, landing flaps, variable-pitch propellers and an enclosed cockpit.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Havilland_DH.88_Comet

https://youtu.be/tn_yt1mkVc0?si=8twGxl9mJy8baFz7

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Re: De Havilland Comet
« Reply #1 on: 11.12. 2023 15:13 »
What a beauty! Some machines are just made to look the right way.
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Re: De Havilland Comet
« Reply #2 on: 11.12. 2023 22:48 »
Designed for the Air races?
Actually looks faster than it was. Beautiful though.
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