Don't worry. I'm buying a lottery ticket tonight. Once I've built a replica "Claughton" steam loco, the 12inch = 1 foot replica HP42 is next. I can dream, can't I ?

I'm an AMT in small aircrafts and reading about the wing span , it was large than my house. My litle boy has a wall poster from Shell petrol corp. And Imperial Airways. I like this aviation gold age.

i would think that it probly had four fuel tanks ,in a nacelle one behind each engine. This could avoid having pumps requiring non existent electric power, and of course no cross feed etc. Giant half steering wheels which was the fashion then.By the way my old boss had once serviced these planes could confirm all this but he is no more.

Where was the fuel (petrol) tankage on the HP 42, above, on the high wing or lower down? And weren't the control columns a bit like giant steering wheels?
Does anybody have reference of what the flight deck looked like? Would be nice to see a photo if one exists.

Bernard Shaw- By now you must have successfully built a couple of models. If so, I could buy one

I eould love to have a small static model of the HP 42, as true as possibble to the real one. I have flown the Tiger moth and Chipmunk and have had hours of soaring fun on sseveral sail planes including the T21B and Eon Olympia. Going on 83, I still dream of atleast seeing an HP42 replica. Does any one know of where i can got a static model.

There's a fairly large (about 4 feet/120cm wingspan, if I remember correctly) non-flying model of a H.P.42 displayed in the Museum of Flight at Boeing Field, near Seattle. A magnificent aircraft that perfectly captures the spirit of commercial aviation in the between-wars era.

I want to build a Radio Control model of the HP42 based on plans by S Newman. Do I need to make any major modifications, wings seam a bit fragile, and how do I control the aileros, do I build a one piece top plane and put he actuator into the engine pod?

I do not know very much about the HP42 Airliner but was on holiday with a relative near Hendon and was walking with him along a road in Hendon when one of them took off flying right over our heads. It was so low that I remember both of us flinging ourselves to the ground. I didn't know the airport existed so wasn't expecting it.I am just on ninety now and have been trying for a number of years to get a set of plans to make a model. I would just like one to sit and look at. It was a beautiful sight even if it did put the fear of the devil into us. I wish one had servived to be seen by all in a musium somewhere for all to see. I might have been one on its test flight, but I dont know I know that the year was 1930 and I was ten.

Hi David

I remember as a lad buying the Aeromodeller magazine in 1955 which had an article on this model, and have decided, at a somewhat late stage in my life to attempt building this lovely aircraft. I have a copy of the original Newton plans as shown in the Aeromodeller but unfortunately much of the detail is difficult to read. If you can help in any way I would be much obliged.

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I was taken often to Croydon Airport as a small boy. You could watch the flying for a small fee from the terminal which still exists. My father somehow arranged for me to sit in the cockpit of the HP 42 Heracles. I was about 6 or 7 then in 1936/7 - I am now 79 and a lot! That experience inspired me to fly - gliders at first and then, in the RAF, Jet fighters and helicopters and, later, business jets. But I still prefer Tiger Moths and piston engined 'tail draggers' generally. I was born a bit too late, but I would have loved to fly with the legendary Captain O.P. Jones - that was REAL aviation!

I hear a group of enthusiasts is build or would like building an airworthy replica of the HP. Info anyone?

I understand that a group of people, who also built a replice Vickers Vimy, are currently beavering away on a replica HP42. I am currently building a model of this lovely aircraft and have two sets of plans at two different scales that I obtained from MAP plans services.

dear david i would like a set of the rc plans if you can be so kind les

Is there any drawing of this aircaft?

Re Rodney Jones' query - i think Agatha Christie's "Death in the Clouds" is set on an HP 42.

Sam T. & Ken Wright. You ask if any of these aicraft (H.P. 42/45's) still fly/exist. Sadly not. At the start of WW2 they were handed to the RAF for service but within 2 years all had been distroyed by either weather related incidents or airmanship issues. Such a shame, as in civilian use they put in nearly a decade of exceptional service even if somewhat basic by todays standards. You may however wish to note that the terminal building from which they operated at Croydon near London in the U.K has been preserved and is open to the public.

For those interested in RC plans I have them in PDF form.

Please reply to the email address and i will send them on.

cheers

Does anyone know if they are any HP 42's still around capable of flying? Appreciate any comments! thanks!