Handley Page Basic Trainer

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H.P.R.2 Basic Trainer
RoleBasic training aircraft
Manufacturer Handley Page
DesignerEdward Gray
First flightMay 1950

The Handley Page Basic Trainer (H.P.R.2) was a British training aircraft of the 1940s. It was a single-engine, low-wing monoplane with a fixed tailwheel undercarriage.

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Monoplane Fixed-wing aircraft with a single main wing plane

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Landing gear aircraft part which supports the aircraft while not in the air

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Development

The H.P.R.2 was developed by Handley Page Reading Ltd as a basic trainer in response to Air Ministry Specification T16/48 for a trainer to replace the ageing Percival Prentice.

Handley Page defunct aircraft manufacturer

Handley Page Limited was founded by Frederick Handley Page in 1909 as the United Kingdom's first publicly traded aircraft manufacturing company. It went into voluntary liquidation and ceased to exist in 1970. The company, based at Radlett Aerodrome in Hertfordshire, was noted for its pioneering role in aviation history and for producing heavy bombers and large airliners.

Percival Prentice

The Percival Prentice was a basic trainer of the Royal Air Force in the early postwar period. It is a low-wing monoplane with a fixed tailwheel undercarriage. Front seating was in a side-by-side configuration with a rear seat provided.

The Basic Trainer first flew in May 1950. Testing showed it to be a trickier and less forgiving aircraft than the rival Percival P.56. Although Handley Page were confident that the H.P.R.2 could be improved, the Air Ministry elected to order the P.56 into production as the Provost. Two prototypes (WE496 c/n HPR.142 and WE505 c/n HPR.143) [1] [2] were built and flown but no orders resulted.

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The Air Ministry was a department of the Government of the United Kingdom with the responsibility of managing the affairs of the Royal Air Force, that existed from 1918 to 1964. It was under the political authority of the Secretary of State for Air.

Percival Provost

The Percival P.56 Provost is a British basic trainer that was developed for the Royal Air Force in the 1950s as a replacement for the Percival Prentice. It was a low-wing monoplane with a fixed, tailwheel undercarriage and like the Prentice had a side-by-side seating arrangement.

Specifications (Basic Trainer)

Data from Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1951–52 [3]

General characteristics

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 173 mph (278 km/h; 150 kn) at 2,500 ft (760 m)
  • Cruise speed: 147 mph (237 km/h; 128 kn) at 7,000 ft (2,100 m), weak mixture
  • Stall speed: 65 mph (105 km/h; 56 kn) (flaps down)
  • Range: 485 mi (421 nmi; 781 km)
  • Endurance: 2.98 hr
  • Service ceiling: 20,500 ft (6,200 m)
  • Rate of climb: 2,060 ft/min (10.5 m/s)
  • Time to altitude: 7.8 minutes to 10,000 ft (3,000 m)

See also

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration and era

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References

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Bibliography

  • Barnes, C. H. Handley Page Aircraft Since 1907. London: Putnam & Company, Ltd., 1987. ISBN   0-85177-803-8.
  • Bridgman, Leonard. Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1951–52. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company, Ltd, 1951.
  • Clayton, Donald C. Handley Page, an Aircraft Album. Shepperton, Surrey, UK: Ian Allan Ltd., 1969. ISBN   0-7110-0094-8.
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