Handley Page Hastings aircraft

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four‑engined aircraft mid‑20th‑century aircraft military transport aircraft

The Handley Page Hastings was a British four‑engined military transport aircraft used by the Royal Air Force in the post‑Second World War era for troop, cargo, and humanitarian airlift operations.

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Handley Page Hastings 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf four‑engined aircraft ⓘ
mid‑20th‑century aircraft ⓘ
military transport aircraft ⓘ
aircraftConfiguration pressurised fuselage ⓘ
tailwheel undercarriage ⓘ
airframeMaterial all‑metal construction ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
crew 5 ⓘ
cruiseSpeed around 250 mph ⓘ
engineModel Bristol Hercules 101 NERFINISHED ⓘ
engineType piston engine ⓘ
era post‑Second World War ⓘ
firstFlightDate 1946-05-07 ⓘ
introducedIntoService 1948 ⓘ
manufacturer Handley Page Limited NERFINISHED ⓘ
maximumPassengerCapacity 50 troops ⓘ
maximumSpeed around 350 mph ⓘ
numberBuilt 151 ⓘ
numberOfEngines 4 ⓘ
operator No. 24 Squadron RAF NERFINISHED ⓘ
No. 47 Squadron RAF NERFINISHED ⓘ
No. 511 Squadron RAF NERFINISHED ⓘ
No. 70 Squadron RAF NERFINISHED ⓘ
No. 99 Squadron RAF NERFINISHED ⓘ
Royal Egyptian Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ
Royal New Zealand Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryUser Royal Air Force ⓘ
range around 2,800 km ⓘ
retiredFromRAFService 1977 ⓘ
role cargo transport ⓘ
humanitarian airlift ⓘ
military transport ⓘ
troop transport ⓘ
serviceCeiling around 25,000 ft ⓘ
successor Lockheed C‑130 Hercules in RAF service ⓘ
tailConfiguration conventional tail ⓘ
takeoffWeight around 72,000 lb ⓘ
typicalPassengerCapacity 30 troops ⓘ
usedFor aerial resupply ⓘ
medical evacuation ⓘ
paratroop dropping ⓘ
usedInConflict Berlin Airlift NERFINISHED ⓘ
Malayan Emergency NERFINISHED ⓘ
Suez Crisis NERFINISHED ⓘ
variant Hastings C.1 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hastings C.2 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hastings C.3 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hastings T.5 NERFINISHED ⓘ
wingConfiguration low‑wing monoplane ⓘ

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Operation Plainfare → uses → Handley Page Hastings aircraft ⓘ
RAF Transport Command → aircraftOperated → Handley Page Hastings aircraft ⓘ
this entity surface form: Handley Page Hastings
Bristol Hercules → usedInAircraft → Handley Page Hastings aircraft ⓘ
this entity surface form: Handley Page Hastings
Bristol Hercules radial engine → usedOnAircraft → Handley Page Hastings aircraft ⓘ
subject surface form: Bristol Hercules
this entity surface form: Handley Page Hastings