[asheshouse]

Just thought this would make a nice project for someone. A classic pre-war racer.
Many more pictures here http://skyraider3d.military-meshes.com/ ... s/dh88.htm

[.041 Safety Wire]

I'd rather have the Pou de Ciel!!!

[caldrail]

The Comet was not the predecessor of the Mosquito although it was built earlier. Entirely unrelated aeroplanes.

I saw the Shuttleworth Comet fly at a Great Warbirds display at Wroughton Airfield back in the nineties. It flew in and away, never touched the ground, and looked very majestic indeed. I understand the wing design makes it very touchy at low speed and not an aeroplane to take lightly.

Actually, I would prefer a Caudron 714, which I understand was based on a racer and saw combat with Fin land (was it six or twelve airframes delivered?) but I can't remember if the French used it in combat.

[XB-49]

I'd rather have the Pou de Ciel!!!

:lol: Me too.

Any plane, may it be 50's jet or 20's racer is welcome by me. +10000 for the comet and other racers.

[Dunois]

Yes they did
It was GC I/145, mainly formed by Polish Pilots, they scored victories, but also suffered losses, and major default of the plane was the unreliabilty of the Renault engine.
The AC was underpowered, an improvement was made by the successor Caudron C 760, but only one prototype was built before France defeat in June 40.
And as far as I know, the few (6 if I remember well) delivered to Finland where assembled and flight tested, but nether saw combat because of those reliability problems. One of these planes is preseved in Finland air museum.

[asheshouse]

The potential of the construction design could be seen in the design of the DH.88, which heavily influenced the design of the Mosquito. In October 1934, the purpose-built Comet Racer C-ACSS, Grosvenor House, flew the London-Melbourne Centenary Air Race. They completed the race, winning the competition flying 11,300 miles (18,180 km) in 70 hours 54 minutes and 18 seconds.

Sources: Bowman, Martin. de Havilland Mosquito (Crowood Aviation series). Ramsbury, Marlborough, Wiltshire, UK: The Crowwood Press, 2005. Jackson, Robert. Combat Legend; de Havilland Mosquito. Shrewsbury, UK: Airlife Publishing Ltd., 2003. (according to wiki, but I've not read the original sources)

[dadders]

The potential of the construction design could be seen in the design of the DH.88, which heavily influenced the design of the Mosquito. In October 1934, the purpose-built Comet Racer C-ACSS, Grosvenor House, flew the London-Melbourne Centenary Air Race. They completed the race, winning the competition flying 11,300 miles (18,180 km) in 70 hours 54 minutes and 18 seconds.

Sources: Bowman, Martin. de Havilland Mosquito (Crowood Aviation series). Ramsbury, Marlborough, Wiltshire, UK: The Crowwood Press, 2005. Jackson, Robert. Combat Legend; de Havilland Mosquito. Shrewsbury, UK: Airlife Publishing Ltd., 2003. (according to wiki, but I've not read the original sources)

This just means that construction ideas used in the DH.88 were taken into account when designing the mosquito for example, laminating and strengthening techniques. The design of the aircraft is totally different to the mosquito. It's like saying the supermarine S6B was the predecessor of the spitfire :roll:

DH.88 is a fine looking bird though.

[European Snake]

I saw her fly at Oshkosh this year!





Hope you like the pics

[VT-51_Razor]

So did I! That's me with the orange S-64 Skycrane in the background!

[VonBarb.]

I'm no engineer but it almost looks like this one has more in common with the Dragon Rapide than with the Mossie.

Cheers

Nico