And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
WOW, what a sleek bird! (some research) Built in '34 for a race! 1st British aircraft to incorporate all the modern, high speed materials and techniques. Apparently, didn't get upgraded for war.
Over 25% of its take-off weight was fuel and it couldn't carry cargo or passengers. The airplane that came second in the England to Australia race was a DC-2 belonging to KLM that was carrying passengers. Al_in_Ottawa
de Havilland DH.88 Comet & Percival Mew Gull
ReplyDeleteWOW, what a sleek bird! (some research) Built in '34 for a race! 1st British aircraft to incorporate all the modern, high speed materials and techniques. Apparently, didn't get upgraded for war.
DeletePerhaps, given the specialist nature of the airframe, it did not lend itself to mass-production...?
DeleteMike in Canada
Look closely and you'll see a Mosquito which used similar basic construction.
DeleteOver 25% of its take-off weight was fuel and it couldn't carry cargo or passengers. The airplane that came second in the England to Australia race was a DC-2 belonging to KLM that was carrying passengers.
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A truly blistering 237 miles per hour. But impressive given the engines were 230 HP.
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