The Handley Page H.P.39 Gugnunc was a wooden biplane built in 1929 to compete in the Guggenheim Safe Aircraft Competition run by the Daniel Guggenheim Fund for the Promotion of Aeronautics. Its working name was the Guggenheim Competition Biplane, and the name Gugnunc, taken from the Pip, Squeak and Wilfred newspaper cartoon, was unofficial at first but later became official. Only one was built, registered G-AACN, and it used slots and flaps to reach the low speeds and short take-off and landing distances the prizes demanded. It performed adequately in the 1929 competition but won no prizes. It then returned to the UK for experimental flying, was bought by the Air Ministry as K1908 and sent to the Royal Aircraft Establishment, and was struck off in 1934 and presented to the Science Museum, which installed it in its Winton Gallery in 2016.
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The Handley Page H.P.39 is a wooden biplane that was constructed in 1929.
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On return to the UK, the aircraft continued experimental flying, was ultimately purchased by the Air Ministry, given registration K1908, and was allocated to the Royal Aircraft Establishment for further testing.
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The Handley Page H.P.39 is a wooden biplane that was constructed in 1929.
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Powerplant: 1 × Armstrong Siddeley Mongoose I 5-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engine, 150 hp (110 kW)
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In 2016 it was installed as the centrepiece of the Winton Gallery of the museum.
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The Handley Page H.P.39 is a wooden biplane that was constructed in 1929.
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On return to the UK, the aircraft continued experimental flying, was ultimately purchased by the Air Ministry, given registration K1908, and was allocated to the Royal Aircraft Establishment for further testing.
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The Handley Page H.P.39 is a wooden biplane that was constructed in 1929.
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