1st Flight 1946
The Handley Page HP.67 Hastings was a British troop-carrier and freight transport aircraft designed and manufactured for the Royal Air Force.
Upon its introduction to service during September 1948, the Hastings was the largest transport plane ever designed for the service.
Variants
HP.67 Hastings
Prototype, two built.
HP.67 Hastings C1
Production aircraft with four Bristol Hercules 101 engines, 94 built all later converted to C1A and T5.
HP.67 Hastings C1A
C1 rebuilt to C2 standard
HP.67 Hastings Met.1
Weather reconnaissance version for Coastal Command, six built.
HP.67 Hastings C2
Improved version with larger-area tail plane mounted lower on fuselage, increased fuel capacity and powered by Bristol Hercules 106 engines, 43 built and C1s were modified to this standard as C1As.
HP.95 Hastings C3
Transport aircraft for the RNZAF, similar to C2 but had Bristol Hercules 737 engines, four built.
HP.94 Hastings C4
VIP transport version for four VIPs and staff, four built.
HP.67 Hastings T5
Eight C1s converted for RAF Bomber Command with ventral radome to train V bomber crews on the Navigation Bombing System (NBS).
Specifications
Crew: five (pilot, co-pilot, radio-operator, navigator and flight engineer)
Capacity: 50 troops or 35 Para troops or 32 stretchers and 29 sitting wounded.
20,311 lb (9,213 kg) maximum payload
Length: 81 ft 8 in (24.89 m)
Wingspan: 113 ft 0 in (34.44 m)
Height: 22 ft 6 in (6.86 m)
Wing area: 1,408 sq ft (130.8 m2)
Aspect ratio: 9.08:1
Airfoil: NACA 23021 at root, NACA 23007 at tip
Empty weight: 48,472 lb (21,987 kg) (equipped, freighter)
Max take-off weight: 80,000 lb (36,287 kg)
Fuel capacity: 3,172 imp gal (14,420 l; 3,809 US gal)
Powerplant: 4 × Bristol Hercules 106 14-cylinder two-row air-cooled radial engines, 1,675 hp (1,249 kW) each
Propellers: 4-bladed de Havilland constant speed, 13 ft 0 in (3.96 m) diameter
Performance
Maximum speed: 348 mph (560 km/h, 302 kn) at 22,200 ft (6,800 m)
Cruise speed: 291 mph (468 km/h, 253 kn) at 15,200 ft (4,600 m) (weak mixture)
Range: 1,690 mi (2,720 km, 1,470 nmi) (maximum payload), 4,250 mi (3,690 nmi; 6,840 km) (maximum fuel, 7,400 lb (3,400 kg) payload)
Service ceiling: 26,500 ft (8,100 m)
Rate of climb: 1,030 ft/min (5.2 m/s)
Time to altitude: 26 minutes to 26,000 ft (7,900 m)
Take-off run to 50 ft (15 m): 1,775 yd (5,325 ft; 1,623 m)
Landing run from 50 ft (15 m): 1,430 yd (4,290 ft; 1,310 m).
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