Handley Page Basic Trainer
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|type=Basic training aircraft
|manufacturer=Handley Page
|designer=Edward Gray
|first_flight=May 1950
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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 Handley Page Reading Ltd as a basic trainer in response to Air Ministry Specification T16/48 for a trainer to replace the ageing Percival Prentice.
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. Two prototypes (WE496 c/n HPR.142 and WE505 c/n HPR.143) {{Cite web|url=http://all-aero.com/index.php/contactus/34-planes/4577-handley-page-reading-hpr-2|title=Handley Page (Reading) HPR-2}}{{cite web |url=http://www.ukserials.com/ |title=Home |website=ukserials.com}} were built and flown but no orders resulted.
Specifications (Basic Trainer)
{{Aircraft specs
|ref=Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1951ā52Bridgman 1951, pp. 62cā63c.
|prime units?=imp
|crew=two
|length ft=29
|length in=11
|span ft=37
|span in=0
|height ft=9
|height in=6.5
|wing area sqft=223
|max takeoff weight lb=4,421
|eng1 number=1
|eng1 name=Armstrong Siddeley Cheetah XVIII
|eng1 type=7-cyl. air-cooled radial piston engine
|eng1 hp=420
|prop blade number=3
|prop name=constant speed
|prop dia ft=9
|prop dia in=0
|max speed mph=173
|max speed note=at {{convert|2500|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|cruise speed mph=147
|cruise speed note= at {{convert|7000|ft|m|abbr=on}}, weak mixture
|stall speed mph=65
|stall speed note=(flaps down)
|range miles=485
|endurance=2.98 hr
|ceiling ft=20500
|climb rate ftmin=2060
|time to altitude=7.8 minutes to {{convert|10000|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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See also
References
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=Bibliography=
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- Barnes, C. H. Handley Page Aircraft Since 1907. London: Putnam & Company, Ltd., 1987. {{ISBN|0-85177-803-8}}.
- Bridgman, Leonard. Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1951ā52. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company, Ltd, 1951.
- Clayton, Donald C. Handley Page, an Aircraft Album. Shepperton, Surrey, UK: Ian Allan Ltd., 1969. {{ISBN|0-7110-0094-8}}.
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