page_title: Handley Page Type W
section_title: Specifications (W.8f Hamilton)
hierarchical_section_title: Handley Page Type W / Specifications (W.8f Hamilton)
caption_attribution_description: English: Three-view drawing of Handley Page W.8b.
context_page_description: The Handley Page W.8, W.9 and W.10 were British two- and three-engine medium-range biplane airliners designed and built by Handley Page.
  The W.8 was the company's first purpose-built civil airliner although it was a development of the wartime Handley Page Type O/400 bomber via the O/7, O/10 and O/11 transports. It had an enclosed cabin for 12 passengers, along with two crew in an open cockpit, and has the distinction of being the world's first airliner to be designed with an on-board lavatory. The prototype first flew on 4 December 1919, shortly after it was displayed at the 1919 Paris Air Show at Le Bourget. The W.8 was subsequently revised to give the W.8b, W.8e, W.9 and W.10. It was also the basis for the W.8d, the Handley Page Hyderabad bomber.
context_section_description: Data from British Civil Aircraft since 1919 Volume 2
  General characteristics
  Crew: 2
  Capacity: 12 passengers
  Length: 60 ft 1.5 in (18.326 m)
  Wingspan: 75 ft 2 in (22.91 m)
  Height: 17 ft 0 in (5.18 m)
  Wing area: 1,456 sq ft (135.3 m²)
  Empty weight: 8,600 lb (3,901 kg)
  Gross weight: 13,000 lb (5,897 kg)
  Powerplant: 1 × Rolls-Royce Eagle IX V-12 water-cooled piston engine, 360 hp (270 kW)   in the fuselage nose
  Powerplant: 2 × Siddeley Puma 6-cylinder water-cooled in-line piston engines, 240 hp (180 kW)  each between the wings
  Propellers: 4-bladed fixed-pitch propellers
  Performance
  Maximum speed: 103 mph (166 km/h, 90 kn)
  Cruise speed: 85 mph (137 km/h, 74 kn)
  Service ceiling: 13,000 ft (4,000 m)
  Wing loading: 8.93 lb/sq ft (43.6 kg/m²)
  Power/mass: 0.065 hp/lb (0.107 kW/kg)
caption: Three-view of a twin-engine Handley Page W.8B
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