HANDLEY PAGE HP.75
- As part of a general investigation into the characteristics of tailless
aircraft, under the direction of G V Lachmann, Handley Page designed a
small twin-engined research air-craft during 1937/38, the HANDLEY
PAGE HP.75. Built by Dan Aircraft Ltd, it was first flown on June
25, 1943, marked H-0222, and known informally in the company as the Manx.
Powered by two 130 hp Gipsy Major Us, it was flown spo-radically until
April 1946 and designated HP.75 in mid-1945.
Max speed, 146 mph (235 km/h).
Gross weight, 4,000 Ib (1,813 kg). Span, 39ft 10 in (12.19 m). Length,
18ft 3 in (5.59 m).
