This Day in Aviation History
March 15th, 1938
After a failed attempt in February of 1938, Clouston once again departed from Gravesend with Victor Ricketts in DH.88 Comet G-ACSS. He flew via Cairo, Basra, Allahabad, Penang and Singapore to Darwin, but without beating the 1934 record set by C. W. A. Scott and Tom Campbell Black in the same aircraft. He flew on to Sydney via Charleville, without being aware of the London to Sydney record, until massive crowds welcomed him there as a record-breaker. The next day, 20 March 1938, he flew across the Tasman Sea to Blenheim Municipal Aerodrome (Omaka) in New Zealand, setting more records. He then flew back to Australia, and continued on a return flight to Croydon, arriving in fog on 26 March 1938. He had established eleven records at the end of a round-trip of about 26,000 miles….

Source:
Wikipedia, A.E. Clouston:  http://gstv.us/1ApU6b6

YouTube, The De Havilland Comet, 1930’s – Film 17121:
http://gstv.us/1GRnxdq

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Photo is of a De Havilland Comet restored to look like the record breaking aircraft “G-ACSS”. 
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