Handley Page H.P.47

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Handley Page H.P.47 was a British single-engined low-wing monoplane built to an Air Ministry specification for a general purpose, bomber and torpedo bomber aircraft. Only one was built. The Handley Page H.P.47[1] was the company's submission to Air Ministry specification G.4/31 which called for a single-engined general purpose aircraft to replace the Vickers Vincent in its Imperial role, to act as a bomber flying from unprepared airstrips and to be a torpedo bomber in the Tropics, particularly Aden. Handley Page were awarded a contract for one prototype. Its designer, Gustav Lachmann had previously monitored German monoplane progress on behalf of Handley Page, so it was not surprising that the H.P.47 used construction methods similar to those of companies like Junkers. He had also become interested in the application of some thick wing sections such as RAF34 for which the centre of pressure moved little with angle of attack, making easier the design of a single spar monoplane wing.