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I decided to build "Salazar" CS-AAJ, the former "Black Magic" G-ACSP which was the first Comet built and still exists today! The DH 88 Comet was designed and built for the air race from London to Melbourne sponsored by the Australian millionaire MacPherson Robertson with a prize money of £ 15.000. The first Comet, G-ACSP flew for the first time on 8 September 1934, just 6 weeks before the start of the race. It was marked "E.I" before receiving its final black paint. The three Comets started for Melbourne on 20 October 1934 and "Black Magic" was piloted by Jim and Amy Mollison who started the race as favourite. But it had to retire at Allahabad (India) due to use of the wrong type of lubricant. After the race it was acquired by the Portuguese Government and renamed "Salazar" with the registration CS-AAJ, making a number of mail flights to South America. The history in Portugal is very sketchy and "Salazar" was presumed lost. But in the mid eighties however it was found languishing on a portugese farm and recovered to the UK. After passing through a number of owners Black Magic now resides in a safe and secure environment with her own workshop. G-ACSP ‘Black Magic’ is now in the process of a complete restoration to airworthy condition by the Comet Racer Project Group. I am building the S.B.S. model 1/72 resin kit. It looks to be a very nice kit with some of the best - if not THE best resin casting I have ever seen A great web site to learn all about the DH 88 Comets is The Comet pages. Cheers, Peter
