Handley Page Herald 200

The Handley Page Herald Series 200 is a short-range transport aircraft powered by two Rolls-Royce Dart 527 turboprops of 2,150 shaft hp. Its maximum cruise speed is 274 mph. A Dart-engined Herald first flew in 1958.

The Museum’s Herald has strong Yorkshire connections, having operated out of Leeds Bradford Airport in the 1970s and 1980s with British Island Airways and Air UK. The aircraft was originally delivered to Bavarian Airlines in 1964. Between 1967 and 1973, it was in Italy. Its final owner was Channel Express, who bought the aircraft in 1991 and converted it into a freighter. It was flown into retirement at Elvington in October 1997, making its 42,918th and final landing after 33 years of service – an average of more than 3 landings every single day of its life!