Originally Posted by
megan
No idea really, but may it be tied into the fact first deliveries were made to No. 99 Squadron RAF, at RAF Upper Heyford
Seems the most likely explanation I suppose.
Actually since I asked that question I've just realised that another of those Handley Page aircraft I mentioned in a list ( # post 37 above ) was also probably also named after a specific RAF station rather than after a town or a city.
Hinaidi !!
Hinaidi was an RAF station in Iraq in the 1930's.
Are there any other examples of aircraft types that had a name dedicated to a specific RAF station?