Handley Page Gugnunc

The Handley Page H.P.39 was a wooden biplane design of the late 1920s. The aircraft was intended to compete in a competition proposed by the Daniel Guggenheim Fund for the Promotion of Aeronautics - the Guggenheim Safe Aircraft Competition. The original working name for the aircraft was the Guggenheim Competition Biplane. The name Gugnunc was at first unofficial coming from the Pip Squeak and Wilfred newspaper cartoon (in the Daily Mirror and later in silent films) but it later became official.

247, Handley Page Gugnunc and the only Lockheed Constellation in the UK. A number of public open days and special events are held during the summer season.1

Made by Handley Page.

The Handley Page Gugnunc was specifically designed to compete in the Guggenheim Air Safety competition.2
Jet Or Prop
prop
Stall Speed Main
33 mph
Length Alt
7.85 m
Max Takeoff Weight Main
2180.0
Power Alt
112.0
Lists
* List of experimental aircraft
Max Speed Alt
180.0
Max Speed Main
112 mph
Airfoil
RAF 28
Cruise Speed Main
97 mph
Max Takeoff Weight Alt
989.0
Number Built
1
Crew
2
Retired
1934
Span Main
40.0
Cruise Speed Alt
156.0
Area Main
293.0
Span Alt
12.2 m
Plane Or Copter?
plane
Engine(prop)
Armstrong Siddeley Mongoose I
Manufacturer
Handley Page
First Flight
1929
Climb Rate Main
730.0
Power Main
150 hp
Number Of Props
1
Stall Speed Alt
53.0
Climb Rate Alt
13350.0
Length Main
784.86
Area Alt
27.2 m²
Similar Aircraft
*Curtiss Tanager*PWS-8
Empty Weight Main
1362.0
Empty Weight Alt
619.0
Category
British civil utility aircraft 1920-1929
British experimental aircraft 1920-1929
Handley Page aircraft

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