Handley Page Manx
The Handley Page Manx hp75 was an experimental British flying wing by 1943.
History
Was designed from the hp75 chief designer of the aircraft manufacturer Handley Page Gustav Lachmann. The aircraft without horizontal stabilizer was designed as a mid-wing monoplane with arranged on the wing tips rudders. In 1939 the prototype was delivered, but it was still too heavy for flight tests. The nose landing gear was fixed, but the wheels of the main landing gear were retracted. As engines were two 140 hp from its de Havilland Gipsy Major II used that drove two pusher propeller.
After the weight had been reduced, the hull had to be re-sealed, as the old glue had replaced. 1942 made first rolling tests, where once the front rigid chassis broke. The first flight took place on 25 June 1943. Overall November 1945 to 17 flight hours.
Then it came on December 2, 1945 a fatal accident with the prototype of the Handley Page HP68 Hermes. The two pilots of the Manx died. The program was briefly interrupted after.