Handley Page Dart Herald

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HPR.7 Dart Herald
Handley Page Herald of Air UK
General information
Type	Turboprop airliner
National origin	United Kingdom
Manufacturer	Handley Page (Reading)
Status	Retired
Number built	50
History
Manufactured	1959–1968
First flight	25 August 1955
Retired	1987 (passenger) 1999 (commercial)

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). Sales were disappointing, contributing in part to the demise of Handley Page in 1970.