The Handley Page Handcross, first known as the C/7 and later the H.P.28, was a single-engine biplane day bomber designed to Air Ministry specification 26/23 of August 1923, which called for a Rolls-Royce Condor powered aircraft able to carry a 550 lb (250 kg) bomb load over 500 miles (800 km). It was a three-bay wood and fabric biplane with a crew of two, a pilot and a gunner. Three prototypes were built, and the first flew at Cricklewood on 6 December 1924, piloted by Hubert Broad. In the competitive trials the Hawker Horsley won the specification, so the Handcross was not put into production. The remaining prototypes served as test machines, one at Cricklewood until 1926 and another with the Armaments Trial Flight until 1928.
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In response, Handley Page designed what was known at the time as the C/7 Handcross but retrospectively became the H.P.28 Handcross after the introduction of the familiar H.P.
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The Handley Page Handcross was a single-engined biplane day bomber built to an Air Ministry specification.
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Handley Page were awarded an order for three prototypes and the first of these flew at the company's Cricklewood base on 6 December 1924, piloted by Hubert Broad.
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It was not put into production and only the three prototypes were built.
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In response, Handley Page designed what was known at the time as the C/7 Handcross but retrospectively became the H.P.28 Handcross after the introduction of the familiar H.P.
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The Handley Page Handcross was a single-engined biplane day bomber built to an Air Ministry specification.
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The Handley Page Handcross was a single-engined biplane day bomber built to an Air Ministry specification.
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