Handley Page Dart Herald

HPR.7 Dart Herald
Handley Page Herald of Air UK
General information
TypeTurboprop airliner
National originUnited Kingdom
ManufacturerHandley Page (Reading)
StatusRetired
Number built50
History
Manufactured1959–1968
First flight25 August 1955
Retired1987 (passenger)
1999 (commercial)

The Handley Page HPR.7 Dart Herald is a British turboprop passenger aircraft, designed in the 1950s as a DC-3 replacement, but only entering service in the 1960s by which time it faced stiff competition from Fokker (F27 Friendship) and Avro (Avro/Hawker Siddeley HS748). Sales were disappointing, contributing in part to the demise of Handley Page in 1970.

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