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Twin 447kW Rolls-Royce Kestrel Vl-engined cantilever low-wing monoplane heavy night bomber, 14 of which were operated by the RAF from 1937 until just before the outbreak of World War II.
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| CREW | 5 |
| ENGINE | 2 x Rolls-Royce Kestrel IV, 440kW |
| WEIGHTS |
| Take-off weight | 9072 kg | 20000 lb |
| Empty weight | 5774 kg | 12730 lb |
| DIMENSIONS |
| Wingspan | 31.0 m | 101 ft 8 in |
| Length | 18.5 m | 60 ft 8 in |
| Height | 5.6 m | 18 ft 4 in |
| Wing area | 110.0 m2 | 1184.03 sq ft |
| PERFORMANCE |
| Max. speed | 249 km/h | 155 mph |
| Cruise speed | 215 km/h | 134 mph |
| Ceiling | 6500 m | 21350 ft |
| Range w/max.fuel | 2200 km | 1367 miles |
| Range w/max.payload | 1900 km | 1181 miles |
| ARMAMENT | 3 machine-guns, 1100kg of bombs |
John Hyde-Smith, hydesmith(@)hotmail.com, 12.09.2007
The Fairey Hendon has an extraordinary history. Development to the point where it could be considered for squadron service took more than 6 years, so that by the time it did enter service (end 1936) it was already hopelessly outdated and obsolete. There were clearly very serious problems with it, a major one must have been getting off the ground! This aeroplane was only slightly smaller than the Avro Lancaster but it had only two engines of 600 h.p. each, in other words the Lancaster had more power in one of its four engines than the Hendon had in total. Would anyone have tried a take-off with a Lancaster with only one engine running? I think not, and yet in essence this was what a take-off with the Hendon involved. No wonder the R.A.F. operated only 14 of them for no more than 2 years.
Jakub Marszalkiewicz, mig15bis(@)poczta.onet.pl, 10.11.2006
I think that it would be the basement of designing of Avro Lancastrian - shape was very similar.
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