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Nov 24^th, 2003 at 7:34am

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This is a Handley Page type 42, this is the description in the FS AC chooser:
"The plane that launched Boeing on the way to many years of dominance in the commercial airliner market. Based on the airframe of the B29 bomber, it was roomy and luxurious, at a time when only the rich could afford to fly. It could fly higher and faster than any other airliner of the period."

I tried it on a little flight from the Airport just along from Interlaken, It took years!!!!

The thing that gets me is these stats :
Max speed: 375 mph\nCruising speed: 340 mph\
nRange: 4588 mi.\nEmpty weight: 83,756\nLoaded weight: 147,693\nPassengers: 50 to 81

Im pretty sure it wouldn't do 370mph!!!

A nice plane if you like to go slow!!

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Reply #1 - Nov 24^th, 2003 at 10:57am

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Reply #2 - Nov 24^th, 2003 at 12:16pm

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Amazing! Lovely shots, that's a lovely plane! Grin

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Reply #3 - Nov 24^th, 2003 at 12:47pm

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Thanks guys, here are a few more I took around Jersey. Havent tried to land it yet. The beginning to cope with the speed now Grin

I have a feeling I got it from Flightsim.com, I have been told a little technique for getting in!!

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Reply #4 - Nov 24^th, 2003 at 1:17pm

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This is a Handley Page type 42, this is the description in the FS AC chooser:
"The plane that launched Boeing on the way to many years of dominance in the commercial airliner market. Based on the airframe of the B29 bomber, it was roomy and luxurious, at a time when only the rich could afford to fly. It could fly higher and faster than any other airliner of the period."

The thing that gets me is these stats :
Max speed: 375 mph\nCruising speed: 340 mph\
nRange: 4588 mi.\nEmpty weight: 83,756\nLoaded weight: 147,693\nPassengers: 50 to 81

Im pretty sure it wouldn't do 370mph!!!

Bird man. I think you're a tad mixed up. The HP.42 was a British airliner that served with Imperial Airways in the 1930s. It had a cruising speed of 95 - 105 mph.

The Boeing aircraft you're referring to is the B 377 Stratocruiser, developed from the B-29 Superfortress. It was first used by PanAm in 1949. Quite a difference. Wink

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Reply #5 - Nov 24^th, 2003 at 1:26pm

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This was a quote from the Aircraft.CFG, I thought 350mph was a little bit of an overestimation!!! So this means the person who designed the aircraft made the wrong one!! Shocked

Thanks for that Hagar, I shall do some research

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Reply #6 - Nov 24^th, 2003 at 1:40pm

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Heres a nice little page on the Handley Page Type 42.
http://w1.901.telia.com/~u90113819/archives/hp42.htm

And heres a nice little page on the B 377 Stratocruiser
http://www.aviation-history.com/boeing/377.html

By coincidence I almost downloaded a stratocruiser earlier today!!

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Reply #7 - Nov 24^th, 2003 at 2:04pm