Handley Page Basic Trainer

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name=H.P.R.2 Basic Trainer


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type=Basic training aircraft
manufacturer=Handley Page
designer=Edward Gray
first flight=May 1949
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variants with their own articles=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.

Development

The H.P.R.2 was developed by Miles Aircraft as a basic trainer in response to Air Ministry Specification T16/48 for a trainer to replace the ageing Percival Prentice. It was one of a number of projects inherited by Handley Page when it took over the Miles company. Development work was carried out at Handley Page Reading (formerly Miles Aircraft)

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.

pecifications (Basic Trainer)

aircraft specifications
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ref=Handley Page Aircraft since 1907 [cite book
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title=Handley Page Aircraft since 1907
last=Barnes
first=C.H.
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publisher=Putnam]
crew=2
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length main= 29 ft 11 in
length alt= 9.14 m
span main= 37 ft
span alt= 11.29 m
height main= ft in
height alt= m
area main= 223 ft²
area alt= 20.7 m²
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empty weight main= lb
empty weight alt= kg
loaded weight main= lb
loaded weight alt= kg
useful load main= lb
useful load alt= kg
max takeoff weight main= 4,350 lb
max takeoff weight alt= 1,970 kg
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engine (prop)=Armstrong Siddeley Cheetah 18
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number of props=1
power main=450 hp
power alt= kW
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max speed main= 175 mph
max speed alt= 282 km/h
cruise speed main= knots
cruise speed alt= mph, km/h
never exceed speed main= knots
never exceed speed alt= mph, km/h
stall speed main= knots
stall speed alt= mph, km/h
range main= nm
range alt= mi, km
ceiling main= ft
ceiling alt= m
climb rate main= ft/min
climb rate alt= m/s
loading main= lb/ft²
loading alt= kg/m²
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power/mass main= hp/lb
power/mass alt= W/kg
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References

Notes

Bibliography

* Barnes, C. H. "Handley Page Aircraft Since 1907". London: Putnam & Company, Ltd., 1987. ISBN 0-85177-803-8.
* Clayton, Donald C. "Handley Page, an Aircraft Album". Shepperton, Surrey, UK: Ian Allan Ltd., 1969. ISBN 0-7110-0094-8.

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* Percival Provost
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