3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Boulton Paul Sidestrand in flight Le Document aéronautique November,1928: Le Document aéronautique· Public domain
- 2. Boulton Paul Sidestrand Le Document aéronautique November,1928: Le Document aéronautique· Public domain
- 3. Boulton Paul Sidestrand Les Ailes August 11,1927: Les Ailes newspaper· Public domain
what is it?
The Boulton Paul P.29 Sidestrand was a twin-engine biplane medium bomber of the Royal Air Force. Designed for daylight operations, it was manoeuvrable and provided with three defensive gun positions. Named after a village on the Norfolk coast near Boulton & Paul's factory in Norwich, the Sidestrand first flew in 1926 and entered service in 1928.
How to recognise it: 2 piston engines with propellers · 21.9 m wingspan
base stats
Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).
fun facts
- First flew 100 years ago, in 1926.
- Top speed is 1.7× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 21.9 m: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1926
- introduced
- 1928
- retired
- 1936
- status
- retired
- number built
- 20
- role
- medium bomber
- makers
- Boulton Paul Aircraft
- engines
- 2× Bristol Jupiter VIIIF
- length
- 14 m
- wingspan
- 21.9 m
- height
- 4.5 m
- max take-off weight
- 4,627 kg
- top speed
- 224 km/h
- range
- —
- ceiling
- 6,340 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
family
Sources: Wikidata Q2754597, Wikipedia: Boulton Paul Sidestrand (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.