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The single HP.88 aircraft was designed to Air Ministry Specification E.6/48, issued on 12 March 1948, for an aerodynamic testbed for the proposed Handley Page Victor V-bomber, and in particular the crescent wing to be used by Handley Page's jet bomber. [1] To save time and cost it was decided to base the fuselage on the Supermarine Attacker.
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Data from Handley Page Aircraft since 1907 General characteristics Crew: 1 Length: 21 ft 5.5 in (6.541 m) Wingspan: 29 ft 3 in (8.92 m) Height: 9 ft 7 in (2.92 m) Wing area: 114.5 sq ft (10.64 m 2) Empty weight: 1,320 lb (599 kg) Max takeoff weight: 2,030 lb (921 kg) Powerplant: 1 × Bentley BR2 9-cylinder air-cooled rotary piston engine, 230 hp (170 kW) Propellers: 2-bladed fixed-pitch ...
The HP.80's crescent wing was tested on a ⅓-scale glider, the HP.87, and a heavily modified Supermarine Attacker, which was given the Handley Page HP.88 designation. The HP.88 crashed on 26 August 1951 after completing only about thirty flights and little useful data was gained during its brief two months of existence.
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. This aircraft remained in service (as a tanker aircraft) well beyond the demise of the company which created it. In 1947 Handley Page bought some of the assets of the bankrupt Miles Aircraft company.
The Handley Page W.8, W.9 and W.10 were British two- and three-engine medium-range biplane airliners designed and built by Handley Page.. The W.8 (also known as the H.P.18) was the company's first purpose-built civil airliner although it was a development of the wartime Handley Page Type O/400 bomber via the O/7, O/10 and O/11 transports.
He designed the HP.80 aircraft with Godfrey Henry Lee. The Victor was known for its crescent wing. The first HP Victor, WB771, was first flown by Sqn Ldr Hedley Hazelden on 24 December 1952 at Radlett. On 2 January 1953, the aircraft was named Victor by the Air Ministry. The first production Victor XA917 first flew on 1 February 1956.
Shortly after the outbreak of the First World War in 1914 Handley Page was invited by Murray Sueter to the Admiralty to discuss Naval air requirements. The result was a specification for a large twin-engined aircraft, capable of carrying 600 lb (270 kg) of bombs and larger than anything that had been flown at the time.