Led the World in Safe Air Travel 1924, HP42

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Early beginnings of passenger aircraft. Croydon Airport
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@mtlicq Жыл бұрын

"Cruising speed in still air was less than 100 miles per hour" but the safety record was astonishing though, for such new technology.

@bazza945 3 ай бұрын

The cockpit windows were Triplex safety glass, but the pax cabin had Perspex or similar.

@thamesmud 11 ай бұрын

Great film of what I presume was Croydon Airport.

@mothmagic1 9 ай бұрын

I'm not surprised it had a still air cruising speed of less than 100mph. It had a built in headwind.

@robinfryer479 9 ай бұрын

Douglas DC3s were around then, and were operated same as HP42s and dodging weather in the same way, and 40 years later same DC3 types fly in the weather and conditions which no HP42 would be expected to fly in. It doesn’t mean that the HP42 was bad. It was contemporary. The single DC1, the DC2s and DC3s were extraordinarily good, throughout. As an Englishman, I’d judge the DC3 to be the best thing that US (or anyone else) ever built -to do a specific job. A pretty broad spectrum, too.

@nos9784 8 ай бұрын

When you look at the two, you would not guess that one flew first in 1930 and the other only 5 years later. You also wouldn't guess the second one ist still active today... but since it is, it must have been the first plane to perfect a certain formula! That, or the large number built during the war simply placed them out of competition in their niche.

@forthleft Жыл бұрын

Wonderful material.

@FASTAviationArchive Жыл бұрын

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@forthleft Жыл бұрын

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@ianbell5611 Жыл бұрын

Very good 👍

@rokyshakh9199 5 ай бұрын

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@chrisallaire4957 Жыл бұрын

Impressive track record, given the technology of the time. Background music is a bit too loud.

@WilhelmKarsten Жыл бұрын

Germany was years ahead of Britain in passenger aircraft... still is today

@WAL_DC-6B Жыл бұрын

@@WilhelmKarsten Is that why Lufthansa purchased the British built Viscount 800 in the 1950s?

@WilhelmKarsten Жыл бұрын

@@WAL_DC-6B No, it's not.

@WilhelmKarsten Жыл бұрын

@@WAL_DC-6B Please name a British company that still makes commercial passenger aircraft in the U.K.???

@WAL_DC-6B Жыл бұрын

@@WilhelmKarsten "Germany was years ahead of Britain in passenger service." What German aircraft manufacturer built more airliners than Vickers in the 1950s?"

@dufus7396 Жыл бұрын

Germanys G38 was light years ahead..fours engined mono

@paulgreen6980 Жыл бұрын

2 were made and never left Eueopean airspace the German air ministry looked upon the thing as a joke it was out dated not profitable overmanned 7 crew you had to maintain in flight the engines! Just having a monoplane was not a advantage. Last point if it was so go why did it no go in to production?

@WilhelmKarsten Жыл бұрын

Germany was the undisputed leader in passenger aircraft in Europe before WW2 and still is today. British aircraft like de Haviland had appalling loss rates

@nos9784 10 ай бұрын

@@paulgreen6980 the ju 52 simply fit better into the market back then. Japan built a few more of their g38 copy. Later, the fw200 was great, but the government had different priorities at the time.

@Anmeteor9663 Жыл бұрын

Ryanair have a bit to learn about passenger comfort 🤣

@tajupilakeel5674 Ай бұрын

Varigud❤

@ekspatriat 8 ай бұрын

Someone do a new 1/72 kit please (or 1/48). Along with the super constellation it is beautiful.

@bubuluke Жыл бұрын

The biplane will make a comeback with electric motors.

@ianbell5611 Жыл бұрын

I had'nt thought about it, but you could be onto something for short haul flights, I mean model aircraft have been using electric motors for years. Unless the engineers start develpoing aircraft designed around hydrogen fuelled engines.

@thamesmud 11 ай бұрын

Electric motors are unlikely to replace turbines anytime soon. Synthetic fuel is probably the future of aviation.

@nos9784 10 ай бұрын

@@thamesmudor, electric catapults launching unpowered suborbital capsules. Landing like a glider, or with electric motors for a safe landing approach.