Aircraft Photo of G-AAUD | Handley Page HP.42 | Imperial Airways | AirHistory.net #311335
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:G-AAUD
Aircraft Original Type:Handley Page HP.42
Aircraft Generic Type:Handley Page HP.42/HP.45
Aircraft Version:Handley Page HP.42
C/n (msn):42/3
Operator Titles:Imperial Airways
Aircraft Name:Hanno
Location
City / Airport:Samakh (closed)Map
Country:Israel
Airport Codes:None
 
Photo Date:21 October 1931
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID: 311335
Photo Comment

A well-known photo of Hanno but it completes the eight-aircraft HP.42/HP.45 fleet in the AirHistory database. The lumbering giants could use austere airports such as the old Ottoman airfield at Samakh, although Imperial Airways later moved to Gaza and then to Lydda. Photo from: Library of Congress

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