HANDLEY-PAGE H. P. 75 MANX

The Handley Page HP75 Manx was an experimental aircraft of British production from the Second World War in the spine-wing configuration. The drive was provided by two de Havilland Gipsy Major engines with 140 HP each. The first flight of this machine took place in June 1943 - the plane never entered mass production. Only one copy of it was made. The machine did not have on-board weapons. The Handley Page HP75 Manx was designed by Gustav Lachman in order to test the aerodynamic properties of airplanes in a system similar to or coinciding with the so-called a flying wing that could be used in long-range bombers. The machine was constructed in a very unusual aerodynamic system, resembling a flying wing, with wingtips resembling today's winglets. It also had a push propeller instead of a pull propeller, which was a rare solution. Work on this unusual plane started at the turn of 1938-1939, but had a very low priority and the HP75 Manx flight took place only in 1943! The plane was used for flight tests and research probably until 1946.