SirFrederick Handley Page, (1885-1962) was an English industrialist who was a pioneer in the design and manufacture of aircraft. His company Handley Page Limited produced a series of military aircraft, including the Halifax bomber in World War II, of which around 7,000 were produced. They also produced civil aircraft, including the H.P.42, flagships of the Imperial Airways fleet and remarkable at the time for no passenger deaths. Image File history File linksMetadata Frederick_Handley_Page_In_1919. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Frederick_Handley_Page_In_1919. ... Look up sir in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... 1885 (MDCCCLXXXV) is a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... An Airbus A380, currently the worlds largest airliner An aircraft is any vehicle or craft capable of atmospheric flight. ... The Handley Page Aircraft Company was founded by Frederick Handley Page in 1909. ... The Handley Page Halifax was one of the British front-line, four-engine heavy bombers of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War. ... Combatants Major Allied powers: United Kingdom Soviet Union United States Republic of China and others Major Axis powers: Nazi Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Harry Truman Chiang Kai-Shek Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tojo Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead... Handley Page H.P.42 G-AAUD Hanno. ... The Imperial Airways Empire Terminal, Victoria, London. ...
HandleyPage then turned to civil aviation, but found this not to be viable without government subsidies, and these were only to be had when the HandleyPage airline merged with Imperial Airways, the forerunner of BOAC (now part of British Airways).
FrederickHandleyPage, who started in business as an aeroplane builder in 1908, having works at Barking, was one of the principal exponents of the inherently stable machine, to which he devoted practically all his experimental work up to the outbreak of war.
HandleyPage's design brilliance was manifested first in the 0/400 heavy bomber that flew in 1917 and later in the V/1500.
FrederickHandleyPage was born at Cheltenham, England on November 15, 1885.
HandleyPage was again at the forefront with his Victor four-jet bomber as England moved into the nuclear delivery role after World War II.
FrederickHandleyPage is also recognized as an educator, advocating in the strongest terms, the value of sound technical training as the foundation for industrial success.
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