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Handley Page Limited
Fate Voluntary liquidation
Successor Scottish Aviation
Founded 17 June 1909
Defunct March 1970[1]
Location Cricklewood, Radlett
Industry Aviation
Key people Frederick Handley Page
Subsidiary Handley Page Transport (until 1924)
Handley-Page Atlantic in flight, non-stop from New York to Chicago, 1919
Handley-Page Atlantic in flight, non-stop from New York to Chicago, 1919

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History

Frederick Handley Page first experimented with and built several biplanes and monoplanes at premises in Woolwich, Fambridge and Barking Creek. A biplane is a Fixed-wing aircraft with two main Wings The first powered heavier-than-air Aircraft, the Wright brothers' Wright Flyer For Félix du Temple 's invention see ''Monoplane'' (1874 Types of monoplane The main distinction in types of monoplane is Woolwich (ˈwʊlɪtʃ or /ˈwʊlɪdʒ/ is a suburb in south-east London, England in the London Borough of Greenwich, on the south side of the River Barking Creek joins the River Roding to the River Thames. It is tidal though there is a partial lock and weir in Barking His company, founded on 17 June 1909, became the first British public company to build aircraft. Events 1462 - Vlad III the Impaler attempts to assassinate Mehmed II ( The Night Attack) forcing him to retreat Year 1909 ( MCMIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting

In 1912 Handley Page established an aircraft factory at Cricklewood after moving from Barking. Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting Cricklewood is a district of North London, England whose northeastern part is in the London Borough of Barnet, western part is the London Borough of Aircraft were built there and flown from the company's adjacent air field.

World War I

During the First World War Handley Page produced a series of heavy bombers for the Royal Navy to bomb the German Zeppelin yards, with the ultimate intent of bombing Berlin in revenge for the Zeppelin attacks on London. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All A heavy bomber is a Bomber aircraft of the largest size and typically longest ranges The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British armed services (and is therefore known as the Senior Service) Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. A Zeppelin is a type of Rigid airship pioneered by the German Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin in the early 20th century based on designs he had outlined Handley Page had been asked by the Admiralty to produce a bloody paralyser of an airplane. The Admiralty was formerly the authority in the United Kingdom responsible for the command of the Royal Navy. These aircraft included the O/100 of 1915, the O/400 of 1918 and the four engined V/1500 with the range to reach Berlin. The Handley Page Type O was an early Bomber aircraft used by Britain during World War I. The Handley Page Type O was an early Bomber aircraft used by Britain during World War I. The Handley Page V/1500 was an uprated design from the O/400 with the intention of bombing Berlin from East Anglian airfields The V/1500 only just reached operational service as the war ended in 1918. This is a list of Aviation -related events from 1918: Events January January 25 - 2nd Lt Carl Mather is killed

In the immediate post-war years, Handley Page modified a number of O/400's to passenger use, which they flew on the London-Paris route as Handley Page Transport. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city The V/1500 was considered too large to be practical at the time, but a number of design features of the V/1500 were later incorporated into a O/400 airframe to produce their first dedicated passenger design, the W.8. The Handley Page W8 W9 and W10 were British two and three-engined medium-range biplane airliners designed and built by Handley Page. In 1924 Handley Page Transport merged with two other regional airlines to create Imperial Airways, the UK's first national airline service. Imperial Airways was the early British commercial long range air transport company operating from 1924 to 1939 and serving parts of Europe but especially the Empire routes to Handley Page developed several large biplane airliners, including the 8 luxurious Handley Page H.P.42, for use on Imperial routes to Africa and India. A biplane is a Fixed-wing aircraft with two main Wings The first powered heavier-than-air Aircraft, the Wright brothers' Wright Flyer WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout The British Empire was the largest empire in history and for over a century was the foremost global power.

Handley Page also paid for the development of what soon became known as the Handley Page Slat (or slot, see slats), a small channel cut into the leading edge of the wing to improve airflow at high angles of attack. Slats is also a nickname for Australian cricketer Michael Slater, and NHL executive Glen Sather Slats are Aerodynamic Angle of attack ( AOA, \alpha Greek letter alpha) is a term used in Aerodynamics to describe the Angle between the The design was so successful that licensing fees to other companies was their main source of income in the early 1920s.

In 1929 the airfield at Cricklewood was closed and a new one built at Radlett, where most aircraft were now to be constructed. Radlett is a large village located north of London in the county of Hertfordshire between St Albans and Elstree on Watling Street However the construction of aircraft at Cricklewood continued until 1964 when the premises were sold to become the Cricklewood trading estate.

World War II

With the Second World War looming, Handley Page turned back to bomber design and produced the HP.52 Hampden, which took part in the first British raid on Berlin. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The Handley Page HP52 Hampden was a British twin-engine Medium bomber of the Royal Air Force serving in the Second World War Berlin is the capital city and one of sixteen states of Germany. In response to government request for heavier, longer ranged aircraft Handley Page produced the HP. 56. Powered by twin Rolls-Royce Vulture engines, the latter proved so troublesome that the aircraft was cancelled. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout The design was however elaborated into the four-engined HP.57 Halifax which, after the Lancaster, was the most prolific British heavy bomber. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout "Lanc" redirects here Distinguish from Lank (adjective and from Amon Lanc (a place in Tolkien's fiction This had been the same development route as the Lancaster, and although the Halifax had a somewhat more protracted development, it soon reached maturity and was considered by some to be to a superior aircraft.

Post-war

After the war the British Government sought tenders for jet bombers to carry the nation's nuclear deterrent. A nuclear deterrent is the phrase used to refer to a country's nuclear weapons arsenal when considered in the context of Deterrence theory. The three types produced were known as the V-Bombers, and Handley Page's contribution was the HP.80 Victor, a four-engined, crescent-winged design. History Early development RAF Bomber Command ended World War II with a policy of using heavy four- Piston-engined bombers for massed WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout This aircraft remained in service (as a tanker aircraft) well beyond the demise of the company which created it. Aerial refueling, also called air refueling, in-flight refueling ( IFR) air-to-air refueling ( AAR) or tanking, is

In 1947 Handley Page bought some of the assets of the bankrupt Miles Aircraft company. This is a list of Aviation -related events from 1947 Events January January 26, A KLM Douglas Dakota crashed Miles was the name used to market the aircraft of British engineer Frederick George Miles, who designed numerous light civil and Military aircraft and a These assets include existing designs, tools and jigs, and the Miles Reading site at Woodley. Reading (ˈrɛdɪŋ as Redding) is a town in England, located at the confluence of the River Thames and River Kennet, midway between The whole operation was Handley Page (Reading) Ltd the company constituted to buy and operate the assets formed out of the legally alive but otherwise inactive Handley Page Transport Ltd. Handley Page Transport Ltd was an airline company founded in 1919 by Frederick Handley Page in the new era of civil flying after the First World War. The most significant of the inherited designs was the Herald airliner. The Handley Page Dart Herald was a 1950s British Turboprop passenger aircraft Designs coming out of the Reading site were shown by the initials HPR (from "Handley Page (Reading) Limited" )

Demise

Unlike the other large British aircraft manufacturers, Handley Page resisted the Government's pressure to merge into larger entities. By the late 1960s, the British aviation industry was dominated by just two combines; Hawker Siddeley and the British Aircraft Corporation. Hawker Siddeley was a group of British manufacturing companies renowned for their aircraft production. The British Aircraft Corporation ( BAC) was a British Aircraft manufacturer formed from the government-pressured merger of English Electric Aviation

Unable to compete for Government orders or with large commercial aircraft, Handley Page produced its final notable Handley Page design; the Jetstream. The Handley Page HP137 Jetstream is a small twin Turboprop airliner with a pressurised fuselage designed to meet the requirements of the United States Regional airline This was a small turboprop-powered commuter aircraft, with a pressurised cabin and a passenger capacity of 12 to 18. A turboprop engine is a type of aircraft powerplant that uses a Gas turbine engine to drive a Propeller. Cabin pressurization is the active pumping of compressed Air into an Aircraft cabin when flying at altitude to maintain a safe and comfortable environment for crew It was designed primarily for the United States "feederliner" market. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A regional airliner is a small Airliner designed to fly between 35 and 100 passengers from point to point on short-haul flights

The Jetstream was too late to save Handley Page, and the company went into voluntary liquidation in March 1970 and was wound up after 61 years trading under the same name. The Jetstream however lived on as a successful product, the design being purchased and produced by Scottish Aviation at Prestwick and later when Scottish Aviation was incorporated into British Aerospace from 1977. Scottish Aviation was a Scottish Aircraft manufacturer based at Prestwick in South Ayrshire. Prestwick is a town located in South Ayrshire on the south west coast of Scotland, approximately to the south-west of Glasgow. British Aerospace (BAe was a UK aircraft and defence-systems manufacturer that is now part of BAE Systems.

Timeline of British aerospace companies since 1955


Products

Designations

Handley Page originally used a letter progression to designate types (i. Bombardier Inc (bɔ̃baʁdje is a Canadian conglomerate, founded by Joseph-Armand Bombardier as L'Auto-Neige Bombardier Limitée in 1942 e. R, S, T etc. ) in combination with a number, that may or may not have been meaningful, to designate sub-types (e. g. the O/100 indicated the type's 100 foot wingspan). In 1924, Handley Page moved to using the letters HP and a number to indicate the model. Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Thus the O/400 became the HP. 16 and the W.8 the HP. The Handley Page W8 W9 and W10 were British two and three-engined medium-range biplane airliners designed and built by Handley Page. 18. When the assets of Miles Aircraft were taken over, the latter's Reading design office began using HPR. (for Handley Page Reading), followed by a number indicates that the design originated in the Reading design office (e. g. the HPR. 1 Marathon).

Designs

Handley Page (Reading) designs

Sites

Site of Cricklewood Factory
OS Grid Reference: TQ240862
Site of Radlett Aerodrome
OS Grid Reference: TL155038
The Handley Page Cricklewood site in early 1921
The Handley Page Cricklewood site in early 1921

Radlett Aerodrome was opened in 1929 as a grass aerodrome for Handley Page Civil Aircraft, the runway was extended in 1939 to enable production of Halifax bombers. The Handley Page HP137 Jetstream is a small twin Turboprop airliner with a pressurised fuselage designed to meet the requirements of the United States Regional airline The Handley Page (Reading HPR1 Marathon was a British civil 20-passenger light transport produced by Handley Page (Reading Limited of Woodley Aerodrome WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout The Handley Page Dart Herald was a 1950s British Turboprop passenger aircraft The Handley Page (Reading HPR1 Marathon was a British civil 20-passenger light transport produced by Handley Page (Reading Limited of Woodley Aerodrome The Handley Page Dart Herald was a 1950s British Turboprop passenger aircraft The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using Latitude and Longitude The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using Latitude and Longitude WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout Most of the towers, hangars and runways were demolished in the 1970s after the Company was wound up. A hangar is an enclosed structure to hold Aircraft in protective storage The M25 Motorway now stands on the south of the site, with Lafarge Aggregates now owning the remainder. Lafarge () is a French industrial company specialising in four major products Cement, Construction aggregates Concrete and

References

  1. ^ Not dissolved until 03 June 2001 Companies House

See also

External links

Squadron Leader Hedley George "Hazel" Hazelden DFC and bar ( 7 June 1915 - August 2001 was a British Test pilot.
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