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| | Handley Page - History |
 | | Handley Page also took over production of the Miles Marathon at Woodley Aerodrome, Reading, Berkshire, under the HPR1 Marathon designation, setting up a separate organisation, Handley Page (Reading) Ltd on 5th July 1948. |
 | | In subsequent years, Handley page built a number of research aircraft to investigate supersonic flight, new wing shapes and tail-less configurations, some of which were incorporated in the Victor bomber, test flown for the first time on 24th December 1952. |
 | | But the high cost of developing this aircraft forced Handley Page into voluntary liquidation on 8th August 1969, and, on 1st June 1970, one of Britain's best known aircraft manufacturers ceased to exist. |
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