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Boulton Paul P.71A

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P.71A
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Boulton-Paul P.71A G-ACOX Boadicea
General information
Type Mail plane/Light Transport
Manufacturer Boulton & Paul Ltd
Primary user Imperial Airways
Number built2
History
Introduction date1935
Retired1936
Developed from Boulton Paul P.64 Mailplane

The Boulton & Paul P.71A was a 1930s British twin-engined all-metal biplane transport aircraft by Boulton & Paul Ltd used by Imperial Airways for feeder-line work. The P.71 was development of the P.64 Mailplane which had not met the airline's specifications. Two aircraft entered service in early 1935 but both were lost to accidents by end of 1936.

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History

The 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-ACOX

The first aircraft, registered G-ACOX and named Boadicea after the Briton queen of that name, 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-ACOY

The second aircraft, registered G-ACOY and named Britomart after the literary character of that name, was damaged beyond repair in a landing accident at Haren, Brussels on 25 October 1935.

Operators

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Specifications

Boulton Paul P.71A 3-view drawing from NACA-AC-199 Boulton Paul P.71A 3-view NACA-AC-199.png
Boulton Paul P.71A 3-view drawing from NACA-AC-199

Data from Imperial Airway's Latest [1]

General characteristics

Performance

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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.
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