From 1993:
Grosvenor House won the 1934 race from London to Melbourne, Australia, flying the course in 71 hours elapsed time. Three DH.88s were entered in the race. One didn't finish, the other came in fourth.
Of note is that the aircraft which came in second wasn't a racer. It was a KLM DC-2. By the point system set up for the race, it won on points with an elapsed time of 90 hours, 13 minutes. A Boeing 247D, which was sponsored by Warner Brothers, finished nearly three hours slower.
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It is a gorgeous airplane. I saw the US replica on the ground and flying at Oshkosh 2009.
The one I really want to see is just off being displayed, and being readied to fly. Maybe at Oshkosh 2015... Bugatti 100p
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