{"id":2398,"date":"2018-07-31T16:28:32","date_gmt":"2018-07-31T14:28:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gaetanmarie.com\/?p=2398"},"modified":"2018-07-31T16:28:32","modified_gmt":"2018-07-31T14:28:32","slug":"le-de-havilland-dh-88-comet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gaetanmarie.com\/fr\/le-de-havilland-dh-88-comet\/","title":{"rendered":"Le de Havilland DH.88 Comet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gaetanmarie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/UK-G-ACSS-Grosvenor-House-Charles-Scott-Tom-Campbell-Black-Race-34-1934-MacRobertson-race.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2391\" src=\"https:\/\/gaetanmarie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/UK-G-ACSS-Grosvenor-House-Charles-Scott-Tom-Campbell-Black-Race-34-1934-MacRobertson-race.jpg\" alt=\"UK, DH.88 Comet G-ACSS, Grosvenor House, Charles Scott &amp; Tom Campbell Black, Race 34, 1934 MacRobertson race\" width=\"700\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gaetanmarie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/UK-G-ACSS-Grosvenor-House-Charles-Scott-Tom-Campbell-Black-Race-34-1934-MacRobertson-race.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.gaetanmarie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/UK-G-ACSS-Grosvenor-House-Charles-Scott-Tom-Campbell-Black-Race-34-1934-MacRobertson-race-300x138.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Un des appareils les plus \u00e9l\u00e9gants jamais construits, le de Havilland DH.88 Comet devint c\u00e9l\u00e8bre notamment pour sa participation et sa victoire dans la course a\u00e9rienne McRobertson de Londres \u00e0 Melbourne en 1934. Trois Comet prirent le d\u00e9part de la course, qui fut remport\u00e9e par Charles Scott et Tom Campbell Black dans le Comet \u00ab\u00a0Grosvenor House\u00a0\u00bb, peint en rouge et immatricul\u00e9 G-ACSS.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2393\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2393\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gaetanmarie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/DeHavilland_DH.88_Comet__Grosvenor_House__G-ACSS_in_Martin_Place_Sydney_12_November_1934..jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2393 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/gaetanmarie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/DeHavilland_DH.88_Comet__Grosvenor_House__G-ACSS_in_Martin_Place_Sydney_12_November_1934..jpg\" alt=\"&quot;Grosvenor House&quot; \u00e0 Sydney en octobre 1934.\" width=\"800\" height=\"595\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gaetanmarie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/DeHavilland_DH.88_Comet__Grosvenor_House__G-ACSS_in_Martin_Place_Sydney_12_November_1934..jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.gaetanmarie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/DeHavilland_DH.88_Comet__Grosvenor_House__G-ACSS_in_Martin_Place_Sydney_12_November_1934.-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.gaetanmarie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/DeHavilland_DH.88_Comet__Grosvenor_House__G-ACSS_in_Martin_Place_Sydney_12_November_1934.-750x558.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2393\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00ab\u00a0Grosvenor House\u00a0\u00bb \u00e0 Sydney en octobre 1934.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Jim Mollison et sa femme Amy (n\u00e9e Amy Johnson) prirent part \u00e0 la course avec le Comet \u00ab\u00a0Black Magic\u00a0\u00bb, immatricul\u00e9 G-ACSP et peint en noir. Les deux pilotes \u00e9taient d\u00e9j\u00e0 c\u00e9l\u00e8bres \u00e0 l&rsquo;\u00e9poque et \u00e9taient les favoris de la course. Cependant, apr\u00e8s une halte impr\u00e9vue \u00e0 Jabalpur, en Inde, ils d\u00e9couvrirent qu&rsquo;il n&rsquo;y avait pas d&rsquo;essence pour avions sur place et durent ravitailler avec de l&rsquo;essence standard. Ceci causa des d\u00e9g\u00e2ts sur leurs moteurs et, bien qu&rsquo;ils parvinrent \u00e0 continuer jusqu&rsquo;\u00e0 Allahabad, ils durent contraints de se retirer de la course.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2389\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2389\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gaetanmarie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/UK-G-ACSP-Black-Magic-Jim-and-Amy-Mollison-Race-63-1934-MacRobertson-race.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-2\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2389 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/gaetanmarie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/UK-G-ACSP-Black-Magic-Jim-and-Amy-Mollison-Race-63-1934-MacRobertson-race.jpg\" alt=\"Le Comet &quot;Black Magic&quot; de Jim and Amy Mollison.\" width=\"700\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gaetanmarie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/UK-G-ACSP-Black-Magic-Jim-and-Amy-Mollison-Race-63-1934-MacRobertson-race.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.gaetanmarie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/UK-G-ACSP-Black-Magic-Jim-and-Amy-Mollison-Race-63-1934-MacRobertson-race-300x138.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2389\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Le Comet \u00ab\u00a0Black Magic\u00a0\u00bb de Jim and Amy Mollison.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Le troisi\u00e8me et dernier Comet \u00e0 prendre le d\u00e9part de la course \u00e9tait le G-ACSR, peint en vert <em>British racing green<\/em>\u00a0et ne portant pas de nom. Pilot\u00e9 par Owen Cathcart Jones et Ken Waller, il prit la quatri\u00e8me place au classement g\u00e9n\u00e9ral.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gaetanmarie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Airace.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-3\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2395\" src=\"https:\/\/gaetanmarie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Airace.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"246\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gaetanmarie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Airace.jpg 246w, https:\/\/www.gaetanmarie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Airace-185x300.jpg 185w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 246px) 100vw, 246px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Un des appareils les plus \u00e9l\u00e9gants jamais construits, le de Havilland DH.88 Comet devint c\u00e9l\u00e8bre notamment pour sa participation et sa victoire dans la course a\u00e9rienne McRobertson de Londres \u00e0 Melbourne en 1934. Trois Comet prirent le d\u00e9part de la course, qui fut remport\u00e9e par Charles Scott et Tom Campbell Black dans le Comet \u00ab\u00a0Grosvenor&hellip;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gaetanmarie.com\/fr\/le-de-havilland-dh-88-comet\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Le de Havilland DH.88 Comet<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2392,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[273,63,38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-de-havilland-dh-88-comet-fr","category-entre-les-guerres","category-illustrations-fr"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gaetanmarie.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2398","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gaetanmarie.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gaetanmarie.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gaetanmarie.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gaetanmarie.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2398"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.gaetanmarie.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2398\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gaetanmarie.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gaetanmarie.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gaetanmarie.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gaetanmarie.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}