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This magnificent and Museum-Quality crafted Handley Page HP-137 Jetstream-200 Airplane WOOD MODEL is finely handmade from kiln-dried Wood Mahogany and skillfully hand-painted by gifted artists.

It is 9.96" Length, with 11" Wingspan, weighing 0.44 pounds, and a package weight of about 2.20 pounds.

The picture shown in this listing is part of a set of photos we are using as reference for the production of the models. Each model comes with a wooden stand.

Direct from our highly gifted Craftsmen & Artists, Each model is Individually Sculptured and Painted by hand, Not Mass-produced and there is No Reserve!

ABOUT US: MyAsianArt is an Art & Antiques Gallery based in Manila, Philippines promoting historical items & featuring local skilled artisans and painters specializing in high quality ARTWORKS (HAND-PAINTED Oil Paintings and Sculptures), model ships, model planes & toy models and Handicrafts from Asia. We have been doing business WORLDWIDE for more that 8 years.

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The Handley Page HP.137 Jetstream is a small twin turboprop airliner, with a pressurised fuselage, designed to meet the requirements of the United States feederliner and regional airline market.

Handley Page was in an awkward position in the 1960s, wishing to remain independent of the "big two" British companies, but without the money needed to develop a large new airliner that would keep them in the market. After studying the problem, they decided that their next product would be a highly competitive small airliner instead. They identified an existing hole in the airliner market, and decided to fill it with a 12-18 seat high-speed design.

The original design dates from 1965 as a 12 seat (6 rows with a centre aisle) aircraft. The aircraft was a low wing, high tail monoplane, with a circular fuselage cross section. This allowed the aircraft to be pressurised, allowing much higher altitude flights and consequent higher speed and comfort than competing non-pressurised designs. Considerable attention was paid to streamlining in order to improve performance, which led to one of the design's more distinctive features, a long nose profile. One drawback of the design was that the main spar was a trip hazard in the cabin floor, which had a lowered aisle floor to allow standup passenger entry and egress through the rear door. The design garnered intense interest in the US when it was first introduced, and an order for 20 had been placed even before the drawings were complete.

Final assembly took place in a new factory at the Radlett aerodrome, but large portions of the structure are subcontracted, including complete wings being built by Scottish Aviation at Prestwick, and the tail section by Northwest Industries of Edmonton, Canada. The original design used Turboméca Astazou XIV engines of approximately 840 hp, and flew on August 18th, 1967 as the Handley Page Jetstream 1. Throughout the test program the engines proved to be a sore spot, being generally underpowered for the design, and surprisingly temperamental for what was then a mature and well-used design. Testing was eventually moved to the Turboméca factory airfield in the south of France, both to allow faster turnaround with engine work, and in order to improve the schedule by taking advantage of the better weather.

In order to improve sales prospects in the US, the fifth prototype was fitted with the US-built Garrett AiResearch TPE-331 in place of the French Astazou. The US-built engine was enough to allow the US Air Force to consider it, eventually placing an order for eleven, to be known as the C-10A, otherwise known as the Jetstream 3M. However by the time they were ready to even consider starting construction, the USAF had already cancelled their order in early 1969, citing late delivery.

The first production model Jetstream 1 flew on 6 December 1968, and over the next year 36 would be delivered. However by this point Handley Page had given up on the original engine, and the Jetstream 2 was launched with the larger 965hp Astazou XVI, starting deliveries in late 1969. By this point the late delivery and engine problems had driven development costs to over £13 million, far more than the original (and somewhat ridiculous) £3 million projections. Only three Jetstream 2's would be completed before Handley Page went bankrupt, and the production line eventually shut down in 1970.

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