V/1500
The Handley Page V/1500 was a British night-flying heavy bomber built by Handley Page towards the end of the First World War. It was a large four-engined biplane, which resembled a larger version of Handley Page's earlier O/100 and O/400 bombers, intended to bomb Berlin from East Anglian airfields. The end of the war stopped the V/1500 being used against Germany, but a single aircraft was used to carry out the first flight from England to India, and later carried out a bombing raid on Kabul during the Third Anglo-Afghan War. It was colloquially known within the fledgling Royal Air Force as the "Super Handley". The V/1500 which was shipped to Canada to attempt a transatlantic flight was flown in the US, and in 1919 crash-landed in a field at Mount Jewett, Pennsylvania. Photos appeared in the 20 February 1919 issue of the Bradford Journal newspaper.
Summary from Wikipedia, photo via Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC BY-SA.
- Manufacturer
- Handley Page
- Category
- Bombers
- First flight
- 1918-05-22
Specifications
- Cruise speed
- 90 kt
- Max speed
- 86 kt
- Range
- 14 nm
- Service ceiling
- 10,000 ft
- Rate of climb
- 375 ft/min
- Max takeoff weight
- 30,000 lb
- Empty weight
- 15,000 lb
- Fuel capacity
- 1,201 US gal
- Powerplant
- 4 × Rolls-Royce Eagle VIII V-12 water-cooled piston engines
- Engines
- 4
- Seats
- 9
- Length
- 64 ft
- Wingspan
- 126 ft
- Height
- 23 ft
- Number built
- 40
Specifications are approximate and may vary by variant. Compiled from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
Reference and training only. Specifications vary by variant — consult the manufacturer and the official documents.