WINNER OF 1934 MACROBERTSON RACE G-ACSS DH.88 COMET & THE AIRCRAFT CHOSEN TO ASSASSINATE HITLER скачать в хорошем качестве

WINNER OF 1934 MACROBERTSON RACE G-ACSS DH.88 COMET & THE AIRCRAFT CHOSEN TO ASSASSINATE HITLER

This remarkable aircraft built in 1934 is still flying today and I was really excited to find out that this was the very aircraft that won the MacRobertson Race in 1934, which was an air race from RAF Mildenhall to Melbourne. This is 11,300 miles (18,185 km) and was completed by this stunning DH.88 Comet G-ACSS, one of five ever built. Named 'Grosvenor House’, it was piloted by Charles W.A. Scott and Tom Campbell Black and they completed the race 70 hours and 54 minutes, a new world record from one point to another and the starting point was RAF Mildenhall in 20th October 1934 at 0630L. Scott and Black finished the race in first place and completed the race in 71 hours, winning the prize money £15,000. Second place was a Douglas DC-2 "Uiver" and took 90 hours and 13 minutes. There was another DH.88 G-ACSR that took part in the race that although came 4th place, came 3rd in the speed race which took 108 hours and 13 minutes. Here is another fact about G-ACSS, it was actually proposed to use this very aircraft to assassinate Hitler. A British Test Pilot and Senior RAF Officer by the name of Arthur Edmund Clouston had just returned to Farnborough in 1938 after breaking flight records out in New Zealand. He was met by a man who offered him one million pounds (this is 1938 money!!!) to go on a special mission to assassinate Hitler. The plan was to disguise, camouflage and arm G-ACSS with bombs at a grass landing strip, fly north to Berlin and bomb Hitler who was anticipated to be in specific cars on his way to a parade in Berlin. I mean just think of the risks involved for this sort of mission! Well, this is what Clouston thought and declined. But just imagine if this actually went ahead... G-ACSS did serve with the RAF a few times, its last involvement was in1943 before it made its way back to de Havilland and finally to the Shuttleworth Collection in 1965 for its restoration programme to be flying at airshows since its full restoration was completed in 1987. For more info: The secret plot https://www.shuttleworth.org/2023/01/... G-ACSS https://www.shuttleworth.org/2024/09/... DH.88 Specifications Crew: 2 Powerplant: 2 × de Havilland Gipsy Six R air-cooled six-cylinder inverted inline, 230 hp (170 kW) each Propellers: 2-bladed Ratier 2-position variable pitch Max speed: 237 mph (381 km/h, 206 kn) Length: 29 ft (8.8 m) Wingspan: 44 ft (13 m) Height: 10 ft (3.0 m) Wing area: 212.5 sq ft (19.74 m2) Empty weight: 2,930 lb (1,329 kg) Max takeoff weight: 5,550 lb (2,517 kg) Cruise speed: 220 mph (350 km/h, 190 kn) Range: 2,925 mi (4,707 km, 2,542 nmi) Service ceiling: 19,000 ft (5,800 m) Rate of climb: 900 ft/min (4.6 m/s) #dehavilland Official Ted Coningsby Merchandise https://tedconingsby.co.uk/shop/ noTEDS https://tedconingsby.co.uk/noteds/ Ted Social stuff Instagram   / ted_coningsby   Facebook   / tedconingsbyuk   X   / tedconingsby   www.tedconingsby.co.uk Ted Coningsby Membership: Join our channel to get access to members only perks. In reality, we rely on your subscriptions to keep our channel growing, so this is a MASSIVE help and thank you to ALL of you who have subscribed. We go all over the country to get the footage we need for you to enjoy but this comes at a cost. Your membership will help fund us with the fuel and the equipment we need...    / tedconingsby