Handley Page O/400 replica?

All of them, none of them or just the O/100, depending how you view it – the ‘Bloody paralyser’ bit comes from when Mr Handley Page was showing around the Director of the Air Department for the Admiralty around the HP works at Cricklewood and told him that his proposed design would be powered by Beardmore 120hp engines. Apparently, when told this, the Director snapped back ‘Look Mr Page, what we want is a bloody paralyser – not a toy!’. I’ve seen the nickname ‘bloody paralyser’ used for all of the HP WWI bombers, the O/100, O/400 and the V/1500.

Speaking of the V/1500, in this months ‘Aeroplane’ there’s a cracking shot of a V/1500 flying over my house!

One of the nicknames for the aircraft was ‘Bloody Parasite’ and the project had a similar name. Nothing happened – it was not the right type of aircraft to find money to build apparently.

I’ve always thought the V/1500’s nickname was ‘Bloody Paralyser’ 🙂

Roger Smith.

I seem to recall a flurry of excitement as the projected machine was provisionally allocated a civilian registration. (Wot about all that certificated wood? -even then ! )
The Vimy replica (the one now in RAFM) had fired up a few dreamers I suspect .
One notes the intriguing H.P. 42 project chat on this site as well . I had some fascinating chats with a well known respected and proven aircraft designer (with the initials RH) who was looking at the HP 42 in the early 80’s as a possible project – and as a practicable passenger carrier based upon it’s original certification at that, albeit probably using Wasps. A flying “Orient Express” in fact.
Lovely idea, but…………….

One of the nicknames for the aircraft was ‘Bloody Parasite’ and the project had a similar name. Nothing happened – it was not the right type of aircraft to find money to build apparently.