- History G-ACOX G-ACOY
- Operators
- Specifications
- See also
- References
- External links
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The Boulton & Paul P.71A was a 1930s British twin-engined all-metal biplane transport aircraft developed by Boulton & Paul Ltd from the unsuccessful P.64 Mailplane to meet an Imperial Airways requirement for a mail plane. HistoryThe P.71A was the successor to the Boulton & Paul's first attempt to meet the airline requirement, the P.64 Mailplane. The P.71A was lighter, slimmer and longer and used Armstrong Siddeley Jaguar IVA radial piston engines. Two aircraft were built and delivered to Imperial Airways at Croydon Airport in February 1935. The airline had lost interest in using them as mailplanes, so the two aircraft were converted as VIP transports with 13 removable seats. G-ACOXThe first aircraft, registered G-ACOX and named Boadicea was lost in the English Channel on 25 September 1936 while on an air-mail flight from Croydon to Paris with the loss of the two crew. G-ACOYThe second aircraft, registered G-ACOY and named Britomart was damaged beyond repair in a landing accident at Haren, Brussels on 25 October 1935. Operators- {{UK}}
Specifications{{Aircraft specs
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|capacity=6–7 passengers[2]
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|height ft=15
|height in=2+1/4
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|wing area sqft=718.5
|aspect ratio=7.91:1
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|empty weight lb=6100
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|gross weight lb=9500
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|eng1 number=2
|eng1 name=Armstrong Siddeley Jaguar VIA
|eng1 type=14-cylinder radial engines
|eng1 hp=490
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|max speed mph=195
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|cruise speed mph=150
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|range km=
|range miles=600
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|ceiling ft=21000
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|climb rate ftmin=1400
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See also{{aircontent
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}}References- Notes
1. ^Flight 31 January 1935, p.118.
2. ^Flight 31 January 1935, p.123.
3. ^Donald 1997, p.178.
- Bibliography
- {{cite book |editor-last=Donald |editor-first=David |title=The Encyclopedia of World Aircraft |year= 1997|publisher= Blitz Editions |location= Leicester, UK |isbn= 1-85605-375-X|url= }}
- {{cite book |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title= The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982–1985)|year= |publisher= Orbis Publishing|location= |issn=}}
- {{cite magazine |date=31 January 1935 |title= Imperial Airways' Latest|magazine=Flight |volume=XXVII |issue=1362 |pages=118–123 |url= http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1935/1935%20-%200228.html|accessdate= |quote= }}
- {{cite book |last= Jackson|first= A.J.|authorlink= |coauthors= |title= British Civil Aircraft since 1919|year= 1974|publisher= Putnam|location= London|isbn=0-370-10014-X }}
External links{{commons category|Boulton & Paul P.71A}}- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070930165101/http://www.britishaircraft.co.uk/aircraftpage.php?ID=652 Boulton & Paul P.71A] – British Aircraft Directory
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