Handley Page H.P.39 Gugnunc

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One-off especially designed to compete in the 1929 Guggenheim Safe Aircraft Competition held in the US in October 1929 with 27 entrants. First flown April 30, 1929, it was marginally beaten in the competition by the Curtiss Tanager. In the photo the aircraft is lacking the simple engine cowling used in the competition to reduce drag. Returned to Britain the aircraft was subsequently bought by the Air Ministry, and with s/n K1908 it was used by the RAF for slow-speed research. Struck off charge in July 1934 it was donated to the Science Museum.


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One-off especially designed to compete in the 1929 Guggenheim Safe Aircraft Competition held in the US in October 1929 with 27 entrants. First flown April 30, 1929, it was marginally beaten in the competition by the Curtiss Tanager. In the photo the aircraft is lacking the simple engine cowling used in the competition to reduce drag. Returned to Britain the aircraft was subsequently bought by the Air Ministry, and with s/n K1908 it was used by the RAF for slow-speed research. Struck off charge in July 1934 it was donated to the Science Museum.