THE BIG RACE
Sir,-In your feature "The Big Race" it is stated that the flights of the Ameri-cari-built Dutch commercial plane and of the American airliner which took second and third places respectively in the London-Melbourne air race of 1934 were of "greater immediate importance" than that of the winner, the specially designed D,H. racing Comet. This is perfectly true. But the real significance of the Comet was revealed later, when the D.H. company produced the Mosquitodeveloped from experience gained in the designing and construction of the 1934 Comet. The extraordinary performance and versatility of the Mosquito (unbeatable, in its day, by any Allied or enemy. aircraft) was a very big factor in our maintenance of air supremacy. The development of the Spitfire from the Schneider Trophy race winners is another example of the importance of organised air-racing to aircraft design.
ARNOLD
WALL
(Christchurch).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 26, Issue 667, 18 April 1952, Page 5
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144THE BIG RACE New Zealand Listener, Volume 26, Issue 667, 18 April 1952, Page 5
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