The Great Air Race - England to Melbourne 1934

[AlexTrc]

Excelent video Bomberguy!

Do you have more videos of the Granville Gee Bee QED flown by Jacki Cochran?

please i must found more vids of this airplane!! pls let me know!

[jaimesarabia]

Francisco sarabia bought and flew the q.e.d and its now in mexico, as a relative i have many photos and stuff, but i havent found any video, other than this online hope you find some@AlexTrc

[emforty2]

heroes of their day with real accomplishments for humankind

heroes of today worthy of a parade? movie stars, ball players, etc. hardly a real accomplishment

where are the real heroes ?

[selfmadeboys88]

@emforty2 no shit man

[SketchUp707]

Amazing! I especially cheered for the crew of the Boeing 247D. God ol Roscoe Turner and his crew!

[jimmy3d0]

Thanks again Bomberguy, as I mentioned before C.W.A. Scott was my Great Uncle, I have just finninshed reading a new publication entitled Mildenhall to Melbourne (the world's greatest air race) written by Stuart McKay, it is a well presented book and jam packed with details and technical info if your interested, it a good read, and now re- watching this video I understand alot more about what My Great Uncle and all the competitors atchieved, Great !

[borisrobinson]

My grandfather flew in this race. G Shaw, features at 2.05 in this clip. If anyone has anymore information on him then please get in touch. Thanks.

[supjcutner]

I am in the midst of creating a boardgame of the race.

[grimeuphoria]

Outstanding footage, well done.

[greatpeninsula]

Note that milions of Korean people were killed in this year. Japs are racists and militarists. They are nothing changed from WW2 era.

[bs40]

Er... I respect that you may have a valid comment and in no way do I refute it but what does this have to do with this video?

[frederickforlife]

:} fantastic, thank you .

[jimmy3d0]

Wow C W A Scott is my Great uncle,, Ive seen a few photos of him before but never any live footage !! nice one for posting it, do you know if there is any more?

[bs40]

Hi Jimmy,

Your Great Uncle and my Father were in the same race! We have some (limited) pictures but if you don't have it already track down a copy of The Great Air Race by Arthur Swinson. It is too old for an ISBN but the SBN is 304 93151 9.

[sherlock72]

Bloody Inspiring...Real Heroes! Well done chaps.

[TheRealInvaderZim]

Cochrine entry is first descibed as a Northrop then on takeoff as a Granville?---has the tailplane of a GeeBee but looks more like a Boeing? anyone have any data about this plane.

[driverfilms]

The golden age of aviation never to be seen again. Going to do the route on flight sim in the DC2 now!

[leon6266]

dis is on FS game too

[teknobeatnik]

fantastic footage !

[pennypooh38]

Thanks for this it was lovely to hear about my father Mr Turner again

[bs40]

Hello Pooh x x x

[bs40]

'Mr Turner' was my Father - thankyou thankyou Bomberguy for some awesome footage of his first great adventure. We have photos, but no video. If anyone has any more footage I'd LOVE to see it. Cheers!

[PTKilowatt]

Check that out! Comet vs. what looks like a Model Z or QED! de Haviland vs Granville Brothers.

Talk about aviation history on record!

[STILLAVRIL1]

What wonderful machines.

And, isn't it interesting that all those chaps seemed to use three initials?

Yours, B I G Tits

[skyfished]

some really great clips, well done Bomberguy for making these available for all to see and remember a heroic aviation event.

[brucarmac]

Please visit my site dedicated to the life and adventures of Tom Campbell Black. Google his full name. I am sure you will enjoy it after watching the video of the Great Race. Again well done bomberguy! I have put a link to this page from Tom's site.

[upthebees]

Great piece of flying history - when England was still a contender - thanks for posting this.

[brucarmac]

Fantastic piece of aviation history thanks for putting it up. I have researched the race and if you Google tom campbell black you will see info relating to Tom and the Great Race.

[2775754raf]

There must have been a big build-up for this contest as my mother told me that the Doctor who was preparing for my entry into the world kept nipping 10 miles across the Fens to Mildenhall to see the planes arriving. I was born on the 7th October. RAF Mildenhall is now a large USAF base. Great stuff BG

[timjim100]

Fantastic! 1930's aircraft are a favourite of mine.

As the man said. Keep them coming, please.

[DartDakota]

DH Comet G-ACSS Grosvenor House survives, it is in the Shuttleworth Collection at Old Warden in Bedfordshire, England. There is talk of it flying again.

[denberg2]

Keep 'em coming, Bomberguy!

[Shazzasaloon91]

An interesting piece of aviation history, thanks for posting! Good to see the Olympic put in an appearance too.