Handley Page Gugnunc

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H.P.39 "Gugnunc"
Type	Experimental Utility
Manufacturer	Handley Page
Maiden flight	1929
Retired	1934
Number built	1

The Handley Page H.P.39 was a wooden biplane design of the late 1920s. The aircraft was intended to compete in a competition proposed by the Daniel Guggenheim Fund for the Promotion of Aeronautics - the Safe Aircraft Competition. The original working name for the aircraft was the Guggenheim Competition Biplane, which was contracted to Gugnunc.

Only one example of the type was constructed, allotted civil registration G-AACN. The aircraft competed in the competition in 1929, but did not win. On return to the UK, the aircraft continued experimental flying, and was ultimately purchased by the Air Ministry, given registration K1908, and allocated to the Royal Aircraft Establishment for further testing. The aircraft was struck off in 1934, and is currently displayed in the Science Museum annex at Wroughton.

Contents 1 Specifications (H.P.39) 2 External links 3 Reference 4 Related content

[edit] Specifications (H.P.39)

General characteristics

• Crew: 2
• Length: 25 ft 9 in (7.85 m)
• Wingspan: 40 ft (12.2 m)
• Height: ()
• Wing area: 293 ft² (27.2 m²)
• Empty weight: 1,362 lb (619 kg)
• Max takeoff weight: 2,180 lb (989 kg)
• Powerplant: 1× Armstrong Siddeley Mongoose I , 150 hp (112 kW)

Performance

• Maximum speed: 112 mph (180 km/h)
• Cruise speed: 97 mph (156 km/h)
• Stall speed: 33 mph (53 km/h)
• Rate of climb: 730 fpm (222.5 mpm)

[edit] External links

• Science Museum (includes a picture of the aircraft)
• British Aircraft Directory entry
• HP Gugnunc

[edit] Reference

• Barnes, C.H. 1987. Handley Page Aircraft since 1907. Putnam, London. ISBN 0-85177-803-8.

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Designation sequence

Handley Page Hare - Handley Page Hinaidi - Handley Page Gugnunc - HP.38 - Handley Page H.P.42 (H.P.45)

Related lists

• List of experimental aircraft