Boulton & Paul P.71A
The Boulton & Paul P.71A was a twin-engine, out blank as a biplane postal and transport aircraft of the British manufacturer Boulton & Paul Ltd from the 1930s. Only two were built.
History
Boulton & Paul developed the P.71A on behalf of Imperial Airways. The constructed of all-metal aircraft design was based on the P.64 Mailplane, but was designed to be lighter and had a leaner and longer fuselage. This consisted of steel and duralumin and was covered with fabric. The drive served two Armstrong Siddeley Jaguar IVA engines. The rigid spur wheel truck received a streamlined fairing. The closed cockpit had room for a pilot and a radio navigator on two adjacent seats.
The first flight took place on September 19, 1934 in February 1935, the delivery to Imperial Airways. The machine originally ordered for the airmail service were set up as VIP vans and equipped with seven removable seats. In the passenger version was up to thirteen passengers are carried.
The first aircraft with the registration G - ACOX and the name Boadicea crashed over the English Channel on 25 September 1936. Both crew members of the in-transit with airmail from London to Paris aircraft were killed. The second machine, G - ACOY Britomart, was lost in an accident in Brussels on 25 October 1935.