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SPCA 60T ✕ Handley Page Dart Herald ✕
Manufacturer Société Provençale de Construction Aéronautique Handley Page
Description The SPCA 60T was a French transport seaplane built in the early 1930s. The Handley Page HPR.7 Dart Herald is a British turboprop passenger aircraft, designed in the 1950s as a DC-3 replacement, but only entering service in the 1960s by which time it faced stiff competition from Fokker (F27 Friendship) and Avro (Avro/Hawker Siddeley HS748).
First Flight 1932-08-01 1955-08-25
Production End 1968-01-01
Service End 1987-01-01
Designer Louis Paulhan Handley Page
Type Turboprop airliner
Length (m) 22.8 22.86
Height (m) 7 7.3152
Cockpit Crew 2
Max Seating 56
Max Speed (km/h) 200
Cruise Speed (km/h) 442.6276
Min Speed (km/h) 120.3799
Max Ceiling (m) 8503.92
Rate of Climb (m/s) 9.1694
Capacity Description 50-56 passengers, 11700 lb maximum payload
National Origin France United Kingdom
Number Built 1 50
Powerplant Description 2 × Hispano-Suiza 12Nbr V-12 piston engines, 485 kW (650 hp) each 2 × Rolls-Royce RDa.7 Dart Mk.527 turboprop engines, 1570 kW (2105 hp) each
Status Retired
Wikipedia Article (URL) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SPCA_60T en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handley_Page_Dart_Herald
Flat Wing Span (m) 29.12 28.6512
Flat Wing Area (m²) 82.3121
Number of Engines 2 2