Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunter's Campfire While we're fantasizing about aircraft...........

this is one that i learned to love on microsoft flight simulator...

the Dehavilland D88 Comet, with a top speed of 224 knots and a range of 2500 nautical miles... and built primarily of wood... only 5 ever built... only one flyable today....

from wikimedia, http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/31/DH88_Comet.jpg



and in the hanger, http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fe/Dh88CometGrosvenorHouseShuttleworth03-10-2007.jpg





and a video af a flying scale model... RC D88 Comet

a video from the race fro which the craft was designed...

england to melbourne race

Oh my - see what I mean about the Maule and the Waco? Given unlimited funds, time and youth, who wouldn't want to have at least one of each? Groan...! Wish I had a dog, so I could go home and kick it!!!

You've got MY respect! How's your hearing, these days? Better than mine, I hope, but that ain't sayin' much! Do you still jump a little when you hear hard objects slappin' tin?

Shudder...............