Boulton Paul P.71A

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P.71A
Boulton-Paul P.71A G-ACOX Boadicea
Type	Mailplane/Light Transport
Manufacturer	Boulton & Paul Ltd
Introduced	1935
Retired	1936
Status	Destroyed
Primary user	Imperial Airways
Number built	2
Developed from	Boulton Paul P.64 Mailplane

The Boulton & Paul P.71A was a 1930s British twin-engined all-metal biplane transport aircraft developed by Boulton & Paul Ltd from the unsuccessful P.64 Mailplane to meet an Imperial Airways requirement for a mailplane.

Contents 1 History 2 G-ACOX 3 G-ACOY 4 Operators 5 Specifications 6 References 7 External links 8 See also

[edit] History

The P.71A was the successor to the Boulton & Paul's first attempt to meet the airline requirement, the P.64 Mailplane. The P.71A was lighter, slimmer and longer and used Armstrong Siddeley Jaguar IVA radial piston engines.

Two aircraft were built and delivered to Imperial Airways at Croydon Airport in February 1935. The airline had lost interest in using them as mailplanes, so the two aircraft were converted as VIP transports with 13 removable seats.

[edit] G-ACOX

The first aircraft, registered G-ACOX and named Boadicea was lost in the English Channel on 25 September 1936 while on an air-mail flight from Croydon to Paris with the loss of the two crew.

[edit] G-ACOY

The second aircraft, registered G-ACOY and named Britomart was damaged beyond repair in a landing accident at Haren, Brussels on 25 October 1935.

[edit] Operators

 United Kingdom

• Imperial Airways

[edit] Specifications

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General characteristics

• Length: 44 ft 2 in (13.46 m)
• Wingspan: 54 ft 0 in (16.46 m)
• Height: 15 ft 2 in (4.62 m)
• Wing area: 718.5 ft² (66.75 m²)
• Empty weight: 6,100 lb (2,767 kg)
• Max takeoff weight: 9,500 lb (4,309 kg)
• Powerplant: 2× Armstrong Siddeley Jaguar VIA radial engine, 490 hp (365 kW) each

Performance

• Maximum speed: 170 knots (195 mph, 314 km/h)
• Range: 600 mi (966 km)

[edit] References

• The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985). Orbis Publishing. 
• Jackson, A.J. (1974). British Civil Aircraft since 1919. London: Putnam. ISBN 0 370 10014 X. 

[edit] External links

• British Aircraft Directory

[edit] See also

Related development Boulton Paul P.64 Mailplane

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