Handley Page Hamlet Aircraft

Production Details

Design Company:

Handley Page Limited

First Flight:

19 October 1926

Hamlet:

1 - Handley Page

Type Specification

Applies to:

Handley Page H.P.32 Hamlet

Type:

Four passenger air taxi or charter aircraft

Wing:

Shoulder wing, braced monoplane. Wing has square tips and dihedral with bracing struts from fuselage lower longerons to mid span

Fuselage:

Square section fuselage

Tail Unit:

Braced monoplane tail mounted mid height on fin with single rudder

Landing Gear:

Divided type with main leg joining wing struts, axle and radius rod fixed to fuselage. Tail skid

Power Plant:

Three Bristol Lucifer IV engines, one in nose and others fixed to wing struts

Accommodation:

Crew of two in enclosed cabin in front of the wing. Cabin for four under wing

Span:

52 ft

Length:

34 ft 10 in

Height:

Unknown

Wing Area:

388 sq ft

Empty:

3,105 lb

Maximum:

5,000 lb

Speed:

118 mph

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