Handley Page Hastings

Handley Page Hastings

The Handley Page H.P.67 Hastings was a British troop-carrier and freight transport aircraft designed and built by Handley Page Aircraft Company for the Royal Air Force. At the time, it was the largest transport plane ever designed for the RAF, and it replaced the Avro York as the standard long-range transport.

Read more about Handley Page Hastings:  Design and Development, Operational History, Variants, Operators, Survivors, Accidents and Incidents, Specifications (Hastings C.1)

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