{"product_id":"dh88-the-story-of-de-havillands-racing-comets-by-david-ogilvy-1984","title":"DH88: The Story of De Havilland's Racing Comets by David Ogilvy 1984","description":"\u003cp\u003eDH88: The Story of De Havilland's Racing Comets\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eby David Ogilvy\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDESCRIPTION\u003cbr\u003e\nISBN: 090639340X\u003cbr\u003e\nFormat: medium hardcover with dust jacket  \u003cbr\u003e\nPublished: Airlife Publishing 1984, 1st edition\u003cbr\u003e\nSize (mm): 185 w x 245 h x 20 d\u003cbr\u003e\nPages: 174\u003cbr\u003e\nSKU: A4\/2504\/0613\/B917\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eABOUT\u003cbr\u003e\nThe de Havilland DH 88 Comet of 1934 is an aeroplane with a background and a claim to fame second to none.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA sleek low-wing monoplane designed, built and flown within a total period of only nine months and yet incorporating such novel features as a retracting undercarriage, variable-pitch propellers, flaps and a stressed-skin wing structure, the DH 88 was produced solely to ensure the chance of a British success in the MacRobertson Air Race from Mildenhall in England to Melbourne in Australia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis book describes the special reason for that race, the efforts of the de Havilland enterprise to produce the aeroplane in the short time available and the trials and tribulations of the pilots who flew it to success.\u003c\/p\u003e \n\n\u003cp\u003eIllustrated throughout with monochrome images, maps on end papers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCONDITION\u003cbr\u003e\nImmaculate with only wear on dust jacket. Images depict all need to know detail.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eREMARKS\u003cbr\u003e\nScarce\u003cbr\u003e\nSee our other listings on the subject.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unicorn Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55450899644708,"sku":null,"price":74.95,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1013\/1901\/6740\/files\/122509.jpg?v=1783762555","url":"https:\/\/unicornbooks.co.nz\/products\/dh88-the-story-of-de-havillands-racing-comets-by-david-ogilvy-1984","provider":"Unicorn Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}