{"id":9743382,"date":"2026-08-05T17:55:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T15:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/dh88-comet-macrobertson-race-1934\/"},"modified":"2026-08-05T17:55:45","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T15:55:45","slug":"dh88-cometa-macrobertson-carrera-1934","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/es\/dh88-comet-macrobertson-race-1934\/","title":{"rendered":"El coche de carreras de madera que lleg\u00f3 a Australia antes que el resto del mundo"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.et_pb_title_container h1.entry-title { padding-top: 40px !important; }<\/style>\r\n<p>En 1934, un millonario australiano del chocolate ofreci\u00f3 una fortuna a quien volara m\u00e1s r\u00e1pido de Inglaterra a Melbourne, un recorrido de casi 11.000 millas a trav\u00e9s de desiertos, selvas y oc\u00e9anos. Los aviones comerciales de la \u00e9poca no pod\u00edan ni acercarse. As\u00ed que De Havilland construy\u00f3 algo completamente nuevo para la ocasi\u00f3n: un esbelto avi\u00f3n de carreras de madera rojo sangre con ruedas retr\u00e1ctiles y espacio suficiente para dos valientes y un enorme tanque de combustible.<\/p>\r\n<p>Lo llamaron Cometa. Solo se construyeron tres. Y uno de ellos, el \u2018Grosvenor House\u2019, vol\u00f3 al otro lado del mundo en menos de tres d\u00edas; una m\u00e1quina tan adelantada a su tiempo que sus ideas pronto reaparecer\u00edan en uno de los aviones de guerra m\u00e1s grandiosos jam\u00e1s construidos.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background:#f5f5f5;padding:20px;border-radius:8px;margin:24px 0\">\r\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 10px;font-weight:700;font-size:18px\">Datos r\u00e1pidos<\/p>\r\n<ul style=\"margin:0;padding-left:18px;line-height:1.8\">\r\n<li><strong>Aeronave:<\/strong> de Havilland DH.88 Cometa<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Dise\u00f1ado para:<\/strong> La carrera a\u00e9rea MacRobertson de 1934, de Inglaterra a Australia.<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>N\u00famero de unidades fabricadas:<\/strong> solo tres<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Construcci\u00f3n:<\/strong> De madera maciza, bimotor, con dos asientos para piloto y navegante.<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Motores:<\/strong> Dos aviones de Havilland Gipsy Six R, con h\u00e9lices de paso variable de las primeras generaciones.<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Ganador:<\/strong> G-ACSS &#039;Grosvenor House&#039;, pilotado por CWA Scott y Tom Campbell Black<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Tiempo ganador:<\/strong> 70 horas 54 minutos: de Inglaterra a Australia en menos de tres d\u00edas.<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Legado:<\/strong> Su construcci\u00f3n en madera allan\u00f3 el camino para el de Havilland Mosquito; el ganador todav\u00eda vuela hoy.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">Una carrera a trav\u00e9s del mundo<\/h2>\r\n<p>La competici\u00f3n fue la Carrera A\u00e9rea MacRobertson, organizada para conmemorar el centenario del estado australiano de Victoria. Sir Macpherson Robertson, un pastelero de Melbourne, ofreci\u00f3 una copa de oro y 10 000 libras esterlinas \u2014una suma colosal\u2014 para el vuelo m\u00e1s r\u00e1pido desde Mildenhall, en Inglaterra, hasta Melbourne. El evento cautiv\u00f3 al mundo entero, y las grandes figuras de la aviaci\u00f3n de la \u00e9poca se dieron cita para competir.<\/p>\r\n<p>El problema era que ning\u00fan avi\u00f3n existente estaba realmente dise\u00f1ado para semejante desaf\u00edo. De Havilland intervino con una audaz promesa: encargue uno de nuestros nuevos aviones de carreras, sin verlo, y le construiremos uno capaz de ganar. Tres compradores aceptaron el reto.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;margin:24px 0\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/y1vY0EDlyR0\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;border:0;border-radius:8px\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;font-style:italic;text-align:center\">\u2018El &#039;Grosvenor House&#039;, el DH.88 Comet que gan\u00f3 la carrera de 1934, todav\u00eda vuela en la Colecci\u00f3n Shuttleworth.<\/p>\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">Construido para una sola carrera.<\/h2>\r\n<p>El DH.88 Comet era revolucionario. Estaba construido casi en su totalidad de madera \u2014una elegante estructura autoportante que lo hac\u00eda ligero y r\u00e1pido\u2014, con el piloto y el navegante ubicados detr\u00e1s de tres grandes tanques de combustible que ocupaban la parte delantera. Dos motores de Havilland Gipsy Six R, especialmente ajustados, impulsaban h\u00e9lices con un sistema de paso variable de dos posiciones, uno de los primeros de su tipo, y el tren de aterrizaje se plegaba en vuelo. En 1934, casi nada de eso era com\u00fan.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin:0 0 24px;width:100%\"><img data-opt-id=1676413882  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:0e0_.b970\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/08\/dh88-comet-3view-1934.jpg\" alt=\"Un dibujo de 1934 con tres vistas del de Havilland DH.88 Comet.\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;max-width:100%;display:block;border-radius:6px\"><figcaption style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;margin-top:6px;font-style:italic\">Vista en tres dimensiones del DH.88 Comet de 1934. Sus l\u00edneas de madera, depuradas y elegantes, estaban a\u00f1os por delante de los aviones contempor\u00e1neos. Imagen: L&#039;Aerophile \/ Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\n<p>Tres aviones Comet se alinearon al amanecer del 20 de octubre de 1934: el &#039;Black Magic&#039;, pilotado por el c\u00e9lebre matrimonio formado por Jim y Amy Mollison; un avi\u00f3n verde pilotado por Owen Cathcart-Jones y Ken Waller; y el rojo &#039;Grosvenor House&#039;, patrocinado por un hotel de Londres y pilotado por CWA Scott y Tom Campbell Black.<\/p>\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">Grosvenor House gana<\/h2>\r\n<p>\u2018El &#039;Black Magic&#039; lider\u00f3 la carrera al principio, pero una aver\u00eda en el motor oblig\u00f3 a los Mollison a abandonar en la India. Esto dej\u00f3 a Scott y Campbell Black luchando contra el agotamiento y la oscuridad, cuidando sus motores sobrecalentados durante las \u00faltimas y enormes etapas hasta Australia. Aterrizaron en Melbourne tras completar todo el recorrido en 70 horas y 54 minutos, poco menos de tres d\u00edas.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background:#f8f9fa;border-left:4px solid #1565c0;padding:20px 22px;margin:18px 0 24px;border-radius:0 8px 8px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:1.7;display:flex;gap:20px;align-items:flex-start\"><div><em>\u201cEste es el mismo avi\u00f3n que gan\u00f3 la carrera a\u00e9rea MacRobertson en 1934.\u201d<\/em><div style=\"margin-top:10px;font-size:14px;color:#555\"><strong>La colecci\u00f3n Shuttleworth<\/strong> \u2014 custodio de &#039;Grosvenor House&#039;, G-ACSS<\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\r\n<p>Significativamente, el avi\u00f3n que qued\u00f3 en segundo lugar no era un avi\u00f3n de carreras, sino un Douglas DC-2 de KLM, que transportaba pasajeros y correo; un Boeing 247 qued\u00f3 en tercer lugar. El mensaje era inequ\u00edvoco: el futuro de los vuelos de larga distancia pertenec\u00eda al elegante avi\u00f3n de pasajeros estadounidense, pero ese d\u00eda, en velocidad pura, el peque\u00f1o Comet de madera los hab\u00eda superado a todos.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;margin:24px 0\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tn_yt1mkVc0\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;border:0;border-radius:8px\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;font-style:italic;text-align:center\">El DH.88 Comet &#039;Grosvenor House&#039; expuesto en Old Warden.<\/p>\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">El legado de la maravilla de madera<\/h2>\r\n<p>El Comet fue mucho m\u00e1s que una simple excentricidad. Su construcci\u00f3n ligera y robusta de madera, junto con su aerodin\u00e1mica impecable, sirvieron de base para los dise\u00f1os posteriores de De Havilland: el elegante avi\u00f3n de pasajeros DH.91 Albatross y, sobre todo, el DH.98 Mosquito, la \u201cMaravilla de Madera\u201d que se convertir\u00eda en uno de los aviones m\u00e1s r\u00e1pidos y vers\u00e1tiles de la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Una idea que demostr\u00f3 su eficacia en una carrera a\u00e9rea organizada por un magnate del chocolate contribuy\u00f3 a dar forma a un avi\u00f3n de guerra una d\u00e9cada despu\u00e9s.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin:0 0 24px;width:100%\"><img data-opt-id=2032211577  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:0e0_.b970\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/08\/dh88-comet-racer.jpg\" alt=\"El avi\u00f3n de carreras rojo de Havilland DH.88 Comet en pleno vuelo.\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;max-width:100%;display:block;border-radius:6px\"><figcaption style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;margin-top:6px;font-style:italic\">El DH.88 Comet: construido para una sola raza, pero con un dise\u00f1o que recordaba al legendario Mosquito. Foto: Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">El superviviente<\/h2>\r\n<p>Sorprendentemente, el Comet ganador a\u00fan existe y sigue volando. Tras la carrera, el \u2018Grosvenor House\u2019 fue probado por la RAF, vendido como chatarra, rescatado y restaurado en varias ocasiones. Renombrado \u2018The Burberry\u2019, bati\u00f3 r\u00e9cords de larga distancia que dan testimonio del alcance de este peque\u00f1o avi\u00f3n de carreras.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background:#f8f9fa;border-left:4px solid #5C91FF;padding:20px 22px;margin:18px 0 24px;border-radius:0 8px 8px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:1.7;display:flex;gap:20px;align-items:flex-start\"><div><em>\u201cEstablec\u00ed un nuevo r\u00e9cord de tiempo para el viaje de ida y vuelta al Cabo y tambi\u00e9n de Inglaterra a Nueva Zelanda y de regreso en tan solo diez d\u00edas, veintiuna horas y veintid\u00f3s minutos.\u201d<\/em><div style=\"margin-top:10px;font-size:14px;color:#555\"><strong>La colecci\u00f3n Shuttleworth<\/strong> \u2014 sobre los vuelos r\u00e9cord posteriores a la carrera del Comet como &#039;The Burberry&#039;\u2018<\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\r\n<p>Hoy en d\u00eda, el avi\u00f3n se encuentra en la Colecci\u00f3n Shuttleworth en Old Warden, restaurado con esmero para que vuelva a estar en condiciones de volar y a\u00fan surca los cielos en exhibiciones: un avi\u00f3n de carreras de madera de noventa a\u00f1os que una vez venci\u00f3 al mundo.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;margin:24px 0\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8rvA3gWx11U\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;border:0;border-radius:8px\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;font-style:italic;text-align:center\">El avi\u00f3n de Havilland DH.88 Comet en la Colecci\u00f3n Shuttleworth.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"font-style:italic;color:#555;margin-top:20px\">Fuentes: Colecci\u00f3n Shuttleworth; Patrimonio de BAE Systems; Wikipedia.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background:#f0f4ff;border-left:4px solid #5C91FF;padding:16px 20px;margin:32px 0 8px;border-radius:0 8px 8px 0\">\r\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 8px;font-weight:600;color:#333\">Publicaciones relacionadas<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"margin:4px 0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/es\/amy-johnson-first-woman-solo-england-australia-1930\/\">La mecan\u00f3grafa que vol\u00f3 sola a Australia<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"margin:4px 0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/es\/de-havilland-hornet-el-caza-de-doble-piston-mas-rapido\/\">El gemelo mortal del mosquito<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"margin:4px 0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/es\/dole-air-race-1927-deadly-derby\/\">La carrera a\u00e9rea hacia Haw\u00e1i que mat\u00f3 a diez personas<\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 1934, an Australian chocolate millionaire offered a fortune to whoever could fly fastest from England to Melbourne &mdash; nearly 11,000 miles across deserts, jungles and oceans. 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