Handley Page Victor Aircraft

Victor K.2, Cosford

Production Details

Design Company:

Handley Page Limited

First Flight:

24 December 1952

H.P.80 prototypes:

2 - Handley Page Limited

H.P.80 Victor B.1:

50 - Handley Page Limited

H.P.80 Victor B.2:

8 - Handley Page Limited

Type Specification

Applies to:

Handley Page H.P.80 Victor B.1

Type:

Four jet heavy bomber

Wing:

Mid wing cantilever monoplane. Crescent wing of all metal construction and with corrugated skin panels

Fuselage:

All metal fuselage

Tail Unit:

Single fin with tailplane mounted at top

Landing Gear:

Retractable tricycle type. The main undercarriage has 4 wheels each of two tyres and retracts forward. Twin wheeled nose unit retracts into fuselage

Power Plant:

Four Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire Sa7 turbojets

Accommodation:

Crew of 5 in pressurised cabin in nose

Armament:

Bomb load of up to 35,000 lb

Span:

110 ft

Length:

114 ft 11 in

Height:

26 ft 9 in

Wing Area:

2,406 sq ft

Max Take-off:

185,000 lb

Max Speed:

Mach 0.92

Ceiling:

49,000 ft

Range:

6,000 miles

Preserved in British Museums

Victor B.1A:

XH592 - Phoenix Aviation, Bruntingthorpe Aerodrome - Nose XH648 - Imperial War Museum, Duxford Aerodrome - Display

Victor K.2:

XH672 - Royal Air Force Museum, Cosford Airfield - Display XL160 - Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum, Flixton - Nose XL164 - Gatwick Aviation Museum, Charlwood - Nose XL190 - RAF Manston History Museum, Manston - Nose XL231 - Yorkshire Air Museum, Elvington - Display XM715 - Cold War Jets, Bruntingthorpe Aerodrome - Display XM717 - Royal Air Force Museum, Hendon - Nose

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