I remember reading a book on the Comet when I was a child, which said that the undercarriage was manually raised and lowered - something like thirty-three turns of the crank in the cockpit.
The 80th Anniversary of the MacRoberts Race this year. Let's hope that TSC prioritise the Comet and ensure that it gets back into the air at last this special year....!
@ChelmsfordStuff Let it fly I say - and it will in 2012 with a bit of luck and some hard work by the lads at OW. After all the problems this aircraft caused the collection in its restoration it would be criminal not to fly it.
I remember reading a book on the Comet when I was a child, which said that the undercarriage was manually raised and lowered - something like thirty-three turns of the crank in the cockpit.
I have never seen ACSS fly, I would love to, it such a beautiful aircraft.
Thanks for the video.
I remember watching this Comet fly at Hatfield in 1992 for the closure of De Havilland
The 80th Anniversary of the MacRoberts Race this year. Let's hope that TSC prioritise the Comet and ensure that it gets back into the air at last this special year....!
@ChelmsfordStuff Let it fly I say - and it will in 2012 with a bit of luck and some hard work by the lads at OW. After all the problems this aircraft caused the collection in its restoration it would be criminal not to fly it.
'Sighs'.......what a lovely sight and sound. Quintessentially British and 1930's. Let's hope that they've removed the ruddy tailwheel this time...!