Handley Page Heyford

[johnbr]

Specifications (Heyford IA) General characteristics

• Crew: four (pilot, co-pilot/navigator, bomb aimer/air gunner, wireless operator/air gunner
• Length: 58 ft (17.68 m)
• Wingspan: 75 ft (22.87 m)
• Height: 17 ft 6 in (5.34 m)
• Wing area: 1,470 ft² (136.6 m²)
• Empty weight: 9,200 lb (4,180 kg)
• Loaded weight: 16,900 lb (7,680 kg)
• Powerplant: 2 × Rolls-Royce Kestrel II-S liquid-cooled V12 engine, 525 hp (392 kW) each
• Performance
• Maximum speed: 142 mph (123 knots, 229 km/h) at 13,000 ft (3,960 m)
• Range: 920 mi (800 nmi, 1481 km)
• Service ceiling: 21,000 ft (6,400 m)
• Climb to 10,000 ft (3,050 m): 15.3 minutes

Armament

• Guns: 3 × .303 in (7.7 mm) Lewis guns (nose, dorsal and ventral 'dustbin' positions)
• Bombs: 2,500 lb (1,134 kg) total
• Handley Page H.P.50 Heyford

 

[johnbr]

Cockpit net

 

[johnbr]

Handley Page Heyford Mk. IA (K4023 K) of 10 Squadron in flight, Catfoss, 1935.

 

[johnbr]

 

[fubar57]

Nothing pretty here

 

[Wurger]

I agree.

 

[Skyediamonds]

Are you kidding? It's a beautiful ugly plane! I'm partial to unusual & rare aircraft. I was really impressed with the cockpit photo. Are there any more such detailed photos?

 

[Reluctant Poster]

Are you kidding? It's a beautiful ugly plane! I'm partial to unusual & rare aircraft. I was really impressed with the cockpit photo. Are there any more such detailed photos?

It's still better looking than most French planes of that era. My dad had some old airplane mags from the 30's with pictures like that on the cover. Amazing how different airplanes looked just a couple of years later

 

[Gnomey]

Nice shots!

 

[vikingBerserker]

Such an odd placement of the fuselage.

 

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