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SPECIFICATIONS
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Wingspan:
39.62
m ,
length:22.30 m
,
height:
6.49 m,
empty mass: 8,045
kg ,
start mass:12,701
kg
engine:4
x Bristol Jupiter XFBM ,
555 hp,
max speed: 200.4
km/h
initial climb: unknown,
ceiling:5,800
m,
range
w/max.fuel: 800km ,
Crew:
2 passengers: 24-30
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- 就航中一度も事故を起こしたことが無いという実績を持っています。また当時の旅客機として初めてトイレやビュッフェを設置したことでも有名です。上翼と下翼に2基づつエンジンを配置するというレイアウトも特徴です。重心近くに重量物を配置するのは、飛行性能にいい結果をもたらし事故が無かったことのひとつの要因だったかも知れません。
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The Handley Page H.P.42 and H.P.45 were British
four-engined long-range biplane airliners designed to a 1928
Imperial Airways specification by Handley Page of Radlett in
Hertfordshire. The H.P.42/45 were the land-based airliners of
Imperial Airways and along with the company's later flying boats
are well remembered. Eight aircraft were built, four of each
type; all were named, with names beginning with the letter "H".
One was destroyed in an airship hangar fire in 1937 but the
remainder survived to be impressed into Royal Air Force service
at the outbreak of the Second World War. No lives were lost
in civilian service (a record thought to be unique for contemporary
aircraft) but by 1940 all had been destroyed.
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