Editing Handley Page (section)

===Postwar===
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After the war, the British Government sought tenders for jet bombers to carry the nation's [[nuclear deterrent]]. The three types produced were known as the [[V bomber|V-Bomber]]s, and Handley Page's contribution was the [[Handley Page Victor|HP.80 Victor]], a four-engined, crescent-winged design. This aircraft remained in service (as a [[tanker aircraft]]) well beyond the demise of the company which created it.

In 1947 Handley Page bought some of the assets of the bankrupt [[Miles Aircraft]] company. These assets include existing designs, tools and jigs, most notably for the [[Miles M.52]] supersonic research aircraft, and the Miles site at [[Woodley, Berkshire|Woodley]], near Reading. The operation was named '''Handley Page (Reading) Ltd''', a company constituted to buy and operate the assets formed out of the inactive [[Handley Page Transport]] Ltd. The most significant of the inherited designs became the [[Handley Page Herald|Herald]] airliner. Designs from the Reading site used the initials HPR ("Handley Page (Reading)").