Talk:Handley Page Hastings

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"RNZAF personnel joked that the Hastings was the best three-engined aircraft in the world." That was our joke too when we had them in the RAF around 1960

First Flight

7 May or 23 May 1946? Both dates are given. Drutt (talk) 00:23, 12 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

7th May was the first flight - the 23rd May flight was a 2 hour handling and demonstration flight.Nigel Ish (talk) 19:28, 12 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]