Frederick Handley Page

Aerospace Engineer, Chivalric Order Member

1885 – 1962

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Who was Frederick Handley Page?

Sir Frederick Handley Page, CBE, FRAeS was an English industrialist who was a pioneer in the aircraft industry and known as the father of the heavy bomber.

His company Handley Page Limited was best known for its large aircraft such as the Handley Page 0/400 and Halifax bombers and the H.P.42 airliner. The latter was the flagship of the Imperial Airways fleet between the wars and remarkable at the time for having been involved in no passenger deaths.

He is also known for his invention, with Gustav Lachmann, of the leading edge slot to improve the stall characteristics of aircraft wings. Page was the uncle of the World War II flying ace Geoffrey Page.

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Born
Nov 15, 1885
Cheltenham
Nationality
  • United Kingdom
Profession
Education
  • Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School
Died
Apr 21, 1962
Westminster

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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