Manufacturer: | Handley Page |
Country: | ![]() |
First flight: | 2 December 1945 |
Production ended: | 1951 |
Production total: | 29 |
Series: | HP.68 Hermes 1: Prototype (tail wheel version)
HP.81 Hermes IV: Production aircraft with tricycle landing gear. HP.81 Hermes IVA: Hermes IV aircraft modified to use 100-octane fuel HP.82 Hermes V: Development aircraft with Bristol Theseus 502 turboporops |
Propulsion: | 4 piston engines |
Maximum number of passengers: | 82 |
Maximum take-off mass: | 39009 kg |
ICAO Mass group: | 4 |
Handley Page Hermes file photo (photo: Henk Scharringa archives)