Frederick Handley Page
Aerospace Engineer, Chivalric Order Member
1885 – 1962
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
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on July 23, 2013
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