Handley Page Aircraft
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| Handley Page Aircraft | ||
| Model | Date | Detail |
| HP.16 Type O | 1915 | Twin engined bomber with a crew of four. The Handley Page Type O was an early bomber aircraft used by Britain during World War I. At the time, it was the largest aircraft that had been built in the UK and one of the largest in the world. It was built in two major versions, the Handley Page O/100 (HP.11) and Handley Page O/400 (HP.12). 600 planes were built.
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| V/1500 | 1918 | Strategic night bomber with six / seven crew. The Handley Page V/1500 was an uprated design from the O/400 with the intention of bombing Berlin from East Anglian airfields. It was colloquially known within the fledgling Royal Air Force as the "Super Handley".
It had four engines but in only two nacelles, so two engines were pulling in the conventional manner and two pushing. Powered by four 375 hp Eagle VIII; four 500 hp [Galloway]] Adriatic; four 450 hp Napier Lion or four 400 hp Liberty 12 engines. A forward-looking design feature was the gunner's position at the extreme rear of the fuselage, between the four fins. 60 aircraft were built. |
| HP.57 to HP.63 & HP.71 Halifax | 1940-46 | The Handley Page Halifax was one of the British front-line, four-engine heavy bombers of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War. A contemporary of the famous Avro Lancaster, the Halifax remained in service until the end of the war, performing a variety of duties in addition to bombing.
Total Halifax production was 6,176 with the last aircraft delivered in November 1946. In addition to Handley Page, Halifaxes were built by the English Electric Co (2,000), Fairey, Rootes Motors and the London Aircraft Production Group. Peak production resulted in one Halifax being completed every hour. |
| HP.30 Hydrabad (W) | 1923 | Heavy bomber. Biplane with four crew and powered by two 450 hp Napier Lion IIb/V. The last wood framed heavy bomber used by the RAF. Impeccable safety record with no fatalities in its flying hours. Part of the Type W range. |
| HP.33 / HP.35 / HP.36 Hinaldi | 1929 | Heavy bomber. Re-engineered development of the Hydrabad and later models were of metal construction. Powered by two 450 hp Jupiter VIII or VIIIF engines. 12 of the Mk1 built followed by 33 metal structure Mk2 types. |
| Clive | 17-23 seat troop carrier version of the Hinaidi bomber. | |
| HP.38 / HP.50 Heyford | 1933 | Heavy bomber. Last heavy bomber biplane. Four crew and powered by two 575 hp Rolls-Royce Kestral IIIS or by 640 hp RR Kestral VI. 124 aircraft built. |
| HP.43 | Three engined biplane bomber transport developed from HP.42 civilian airliner. Powered by three Bristol Pegasus engines. | |
| HP.51 | 1935 | Prototype monoplane bomber transport |
| HP.52 Hampden | 1936 | Medium bomber. Powered by two 1,000 hp Bristol Pegasus XVIII radial engines. 1,270 aircraft built. |
| HP.53 | Bomber design for Sweden - led to the HP.52 Hereford | |
| HP.54 Harrow | 1937 | Heavy bomber. Adapte3d from the HP.51 transporter. Monoplane with four crew and powered by two 925 hp Pegasus XX radial engines. |
| Horsley | ||
| Dantorp | Torpedo bomber. Export version of Horsley. One 800 hp Armstrong Siddeley leopard IIIA engine. | |
| Hardy | 1935 | Two seater general purpose biplane. 47 built. |
| Hartbees | 1935 | Two-seater ground support biplane. Developed from the Hart. Powered by Kestrel engine. |
| Henley | 1937 | High performance light bomber. Two-seater low-wing monoplane. Powered by 1,030 hp Rolls-Royce merlin II engine. |
| Tomtit | 1930 | Two-seater primary trainer biplane. Powered by Armstrong Siddeley Mongoose engine |
| Handley Page Aircraft | ||
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- HP.1 Type A monoplane (1910)
- HP.2 Type B / - biplane
- HP.4 Type D / - monoplane (1911)
- HP.5 Type E / - monoplane
- HP.6 Type F / - monoplane
- HP.7 Type G / - biplane
- HP.8 Type L /
- Type W airliner
- HP.18 W8 / / HP.26 Hamilton
- W9 / HP.27 Hampstead
- HP.19 Hanley
- Type S / HP.21
- HP.22
- HP.28 Handcross
- HP.31 Harrow
- HP.32 Hamlet
- HP.34 Hare
- HP.39 Gugnunc - experimental biplane
- HP.42 Heracles - biplane airliner
- HP.45 Hannibal - biplane airliner
- HP.55 - two-engined heavy bomber design
- HP.56 - two-engined heavy bomber design
- HP.70
- Halton - airliner
- HP.67 Hastings - military transport
- Hermes - airliner
- HP.68 Hermes I
- HP.74 Hermes II
- HP.81 Hermes IV
- HP.82 Hermes V
- HP.75 Manx - tailless research aircraft
- HP.80 Victor - four-engined bomber
- HP.88 - Victor research aircraft
- HP.115 - delta winged research aircraft
- HP.100 - reconnaissance bomber to OR.330
- HP.137 Jetstream - twin-turboprop feederliner
Handley Page (Reading) designs
- HPR.1 Marathon - airliner
- HPR.2 - basic trainer
- HPR.3 Herald airliner
- HPR.5 Marathon - engine test bed
- HPR7 Dart Herald - airliner
[edit] Sources of Information
- [1] Wikipedia
- The Aeroplanes of the Royal Flying Corps (Military Wing) by J. M. Bruce. Published in 1982. ISBN 0-370-30084-x
- The Encyclopedia of British Military Aircraft by Chaz Bowyer. Published in 1982. ISBN 1-85841-031-2
- Warplanes of the World 1918-1939 by Michael J. H. Taylor. Published 1981. ISBN 0-7110-1078-1
