Imperial Airways Handley Page H.P.45 flight operations at Croydon Airport (c1935)

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Aviation videos archives part1 1900-1935

3 жыл бұрын

G-AAXC Heracles and G-AAXD Horatius
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handley_Page_H.P.42#H.P.45
excerpts from a film made by the Shell Film Unit

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@tedf1471 2 жыл бұрын

My School had rugby pitches on the edge of this field. Our changing room building was from this period. There were murals showing glamorous 'Flappers' boarding planes like this, quite surreal.

@asd36f 3 жыл бұрын

Note the size of the undercarriage wheels and propellers in comparison with the ground crew!

@dean1100110 3 жыл бұрын

Ah the good old days

@alun7006 Жыл бұрын

One of the coolest aircraft ever built. Peak Golden Age machine. Wonderful!

@68orangecrate26 11 ай бұрын

Outstanding! Thanks for posting…

@ralphgarrett9034 Жыл бұрын

That sync/sound track with engine and prop sounds ❤ it .

@modelermark172 2 жыл бұрын

I just got my copy of the 2021 Airfix reissue of this aircraft, and your video managed to answer a few questions I had about it. (I didn't realize that the pole just behind the cockpit was a retractable flagpole . . . .) Gotta love the Steampunk/Dieselpunk look of this amazing machine! Thanks for posting this!

@lawrencelewis2592 Жыл бұрын

I know what steampunk is and I agree but what is dieselpunk? Something a little more up to date?

@modelermark172 Жыл бұрын

@@lawrencelewis2592 According to Wikipedia, "Dieselpunk is a retrofuturistic subgenre of science fiction similar to steampunk or cyberpunk that combines the aesthetics of the diesel-based technology of the interwar period (from the 1920's through the 1950s) with retro-futuristic technology and postmodern sensibilities." Movies like, "The Rocketeer," and "Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow," are good examples of this. So are the old "Flash Gordon" serials; but they didn't call it "Dieselpunk" back then . . . .

@lawrencelewis2592 Жыл бұрын

@@modelermark172 I see, thanks! I'm more a steam guy.

@modelermark172 Жыл бұрын

@@lawrencelewis2592 I'm also partial to the 1950's - 1960's "Space Age" aesthetic (sometimes called "Atompunk.") The classic, 1965 TV shows "Lost in Space" or "The Jetsons" are examples of this; though we didn't call it that back in the day - much like the original "The Wild, Wild West," wasn't called, "Steampunk" when it first came out in the mid-1960's.

@lawrencelewis2592 Жыл бұрын

@@modelermark172 Interesting- I suppose the rocket and Gort the robot from "The Day the Earth Stood Still" would qualify as atompunk. Also the Tintin story of when they go to the moon would be atompunk too.

@huwzebediahthomas9193 7 ай бұрын

01:30 - those steering wheels must have come off a London bus. Croydon Airport on Purley Way, amazing history. The terminal building is still there, but airfield now almost full of industrial buildings and houses.

@joeshmoe9978 2 жыл бұрын

Airfix recently re-released a 1/144 scale kit of this aircraft. 👍

@williamporter7596 2 жыл бұрын

Building the Airfix kit at the moment.

@iancadwallender9779 2 жыл бұрын

Just bought the kit today.Beautifull aircraft.

@danielcarlson800 2 жыл бұрын

Look forward to getting mine from Hannett's.

@paulazemeckis7835 11 ай бұрын

Back when flying was not too safe, more experimental. I have deep respect for these aviators.

@MEATYOKERRable Жыл бұрын

It's wild that this was even real.... That looks like something straight out of a steampunk anime.

@romanbrough 2 жыл бұрын

I inherited some photos taken by my uncle who served in Palestine in the mid 30s. He took photos of one. I wonder if he flew in it.

@Jukebocks 2 жыл бұрын

Would you consider uploading them?

@bazza945 3 ай бұрын

I didn't know the engines were started up externally.

@garyhooper1820 Жыл бұрын

When flying was Exciting !

@reaj2010 Жыл бұрын

The white lab coat for climbing a greasy airplane is funny 😂

@paulhammersley4562 Жыл бұрын

the flag pole is great,

@pvraj4531 6 ай бұрын

Brave pilots

@tophatanimation8748 10 ай бұрын

This would be great colourised.

@johnarnehansen9574 Жыл бұрын

They should have made a modern variation of this one and the Vickers Viscount!

@Allan_aka_RocKITEman Жыл бұрын

👍👍

@Robutube1 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this. Like others, I was brought here by the Airfix "Classic" reissue of this kit from my 60's childhood! QUESTION: Is there an explanation for why the panelling below the port pilot's position looks so bashed about (particularly noticeable at 01:31)?

@jimmypeters 2 жыл бұрын

Certainly looks like thin and smooth sheet metal skin there (on both sides of the fuselage) took a beating in the admittedly mild slipstream! The sturdier nose cone is fine, the main cabin is clad in corrugated metal, transitioning to doped fabric for the tail, so those deformed cheek surfaces stand out to the sharp eyed!

@Robutube1 2 жыл бұрын

@@jimmypeters Thanks for your thoughtful reply Peter - it certainly makes sense as an explanation!

@phaasch 3 ай бұрын

There's another documentary on KZfaq called "Air Outpost" from 1937, which is a day in the life of Sharjah airport, in Persia. The aircraft featured is "Hanno", which features an equally bashed-about looking nose. It's an interesting question, for sure.

@huwzebediahthomas9193 7 ай бұрын

Does it go to Rwanda? Sorry, I'll fetch my coat...

@artrandy 3 жыл бұрын

Its a Handley Page 42, and not 45.............

@aviationvideosarchivespart7582 3 жыл бұрын

No, open the Wikipedia link

@artrandy 3 жыл бұрын

@@aviationvideosarchivespart7582 G-AAXD is on the accident register as a 42, so presumably it was subsequently converted from a 45, in which case Im wrong and apologise. Years ago, my best friend showed me his Father's little collection of cockpit dials from a 42/45. I wonder where they are now? Restoration projects have started with less......................

@aviationvideosarchivespart7582 3 жыл бұрын

@@artrandy From Wikipedia : In Imperial Airways service, the H.P.42 was commonly referred to as the H.P.42E (E for "Eastern" routes - India and South Africa), while the H.P.45 was the H.P.42W (W for "Western" i.e. European routes). The H.P.42 and H.P.45 designations were internally assigned by Handley Page, thus the HP.45 identifier was not commonly used during the flying lives of the aircraft.

@artrandy 3 жыл бұрын

@@aviationvideosarchivespart7582 Wikipedia also states: "That 2 of the HP 45's were later converted to HP 42's". So I was right the second time..............

@donviitoriodasicachiavi5555 3 жыл бұрын

@@artrandy Thanks Sir.Impresive biplane