The Handley Page HP.137 Jetstream was a small twin-turboprop airliner with a pressurised fuselage, designed to meet the needs of the United States commuter and regional airline market. Handley Page, wishing to stay independent of the two large British groups of the 1960s, aimed at a 12 to 18 seat high-speed design in a niche it had identified. The original 12-seat design of 1965 was a low-wing, high-tail monoplane with a long streamlined nose, and it first flew on 18 August 1967 as the Jetstream 1 with Turbomeca Astazou engines, which proved underpowered and temperamental. The fifth prototype was fitted with Garrett TPE-331 engines, and the US Air Force ordered 11 as the C-10A before cancelling in 1969. Development costs ran far above projections, Handley Page went bankrupt and the production line shut down in 1970, and the design was later improved and built by British Aerospace as the Jetstream 31 and 32.
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After studying the market it decided that its next product would be a highly competitive small airliner instead, filling a niche it identified for a 12–18 seat high-speed design.
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Handley Page was in an awkward position in the 1960s, wishing to remain independent of the "big two" British companies (Hawker Siddeley and the British Aircraft Corporation), but without the money needed to develop a large new airliner that would keep it in the market.
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Development, first flight
The original design used Turbomeca Astazou XVI engines of approximately 840 hp (626 kW), and flew on 18 August 1967 as the Jetstream 1.
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The Handley Page HP.137 Jetstream is a small twin-turboprop airliner, with a pressurised fuselage.
Development, end of production
Only three Jetstream 2s would be completed before Handley Page went bankrupt, and the production line was eventually shut down in 1970.
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After studying the market it decided that its next product would be a highly competitive small airliner instead, filling a niche it identified for a 12-18 seat high-speed design.
Lead, British
Handley Page was in an awkward position in the 1960s, wishing to remain independent of the "big two" British companies (Hawker Siddeley and the British Aircraft Corporation), but without the money needed to develop a large new airliner that would keep it in the market.
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The Handley Page HP.137 Jetstream is a small twin-turboprop airliner, with a pressurised fuselage.
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