COMET’S COMEBACK

Thirty years ago, the Shuttleworth Collection’s DH88 Comet Grosvenor House returned to flight for the first time – and made a memorable public debut.The man at the controls, George Ellis, recalls his formative experiences of the scarlet racer WORDS: BEN DUNNELL DH88 COMET The first air-to-air sortie with DH88 Comet Grosvenor House after its restoration was finished in 1987. AIR PORTRAITS VIA AEROPLANE It was somehow meant to be. For its first public post-restoration appearance, de Havilland DH88 Comet G-ACSS