H.P.R.2 Basic Trainer | |
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General information | |
Type | Basic training aircraft |
Manufacturer | Handley Page |
Designer | Edward Gray |
History | |
First flight | May 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.
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.
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.
Data from Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1951–52 [3]
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