Percival Prentice
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The Percival Prentice was a basic trainer of the Royal Air Force in the early post-war period contemporary with the de Havilland Chipmunk. It was a low-wing monoplane with a fixed tailwheel undercarriage. Front seating was in a side-by-side configuration with a rear seat provided.

The Percival Prentice was a basic trainer of the Royal Air Force in the early post-war period.1
The Percival Prentice was a primary trainer for the RAF which first flew in 1946.2
by allowing Martin to rebuild the Percival Prentice which had languished at the gates of Coventry Airport for years.3
derelict airframe of a Percival Prentice in Chennai. The Prentice was the only known example still surviving in India outside the Indian Air Force Museum.4
Fantastic detailed painting original of a Percival Prentice on glass illustrated Fantastic detailed painting original of a Percival Prentice on glass illustrated £14.5
flight from the UK to Australia in the Percival Prentice with his Danish wife in the back seat clutching her lucky mascot.6
G-23-1 Percival prentice 1 for Argentinian Air force G-31-1 Scottish Avn Pioneer 101 7

Made by Hunting Aircraft.

Percival Prentice - 1946 (Single-engined piston trainer) Auster Antarctic UK – 1947 Boulton Paul Balliol UK – 1947 Bristol Sycamore - 1947 (Single-engined communications helicopter) 8
Percival Prentice for Argentina, in flight from Luton, 1949 Fairey Firefly Trainer Fairey Firefly Trainer Fairey Firefly Trainer (12-11) of the Royal Netherlands 9
sequence of Percival Prentice to Harvard was providing inadequate preparation to their jet pilot trainees to ready them for frontline flying duty, the British Air Ministry issued Operational Requirement 10
The Percival Prentice was giving pleasure flights. de Havilland Rapide G-AGTM.11
The Provost took over from the Percival Prentice in the early 1950s, and was used as the RAF's main advanced side-by-side piston engine trainer, with the de Havilland Vampire assuming the role of 12
The Percival Prentice G-APIY was the first aircraft to be based at Winthorpe when it was flown there in 1967.13
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private pilot owners after disposal by the RAF
Height Main
391.15999999999997
Height Alt
3.91 m
Length Alt
9.52 m
Jet Or Prop
prop
Lists
*List of aircraft of the RAF
Range Main
344.0
Loaded Weight Main
4200.0
Max Speed Alt
8580.0
Type Of Prop
6
Introduced
November 1947
Max Speed Main
124
Max Speed More
at 5
000 ft
Cruise Speed Main
118
Ceiling Main
18000.0
Number Built
>370
Crew
2
Retired
1953
Span Main
1402.08
Cruise Speed Alt
136 mph
Area Main
305.0
Primary user
Royal Air Force
Span Alt
14.0 m
Plane Or Copter?
plane
Power Alt
187.0
Engine(prop)
de Havilland Gipsy Queen 32
Manufacturer
Hunting Aircraft
Number Of Props
1
First Flight
31
Production End Year
1949
Loaded Weight Alt
1905.0
Power Main
251 hp
Production Start Year
1947
Empty Weight Alt
1466.0
Length Main
952.5
Area Alt
28.4 m²
Range Alt
23760.0
Similar Aircraft
*de Havilland Chipmunk*LWD Junak*Yakovlev Yak-18*Zlin Trener
Empty Weight Main
3232.0
Ceiling Alt
m
Produced
1947
Category
British military trainer aircraft 1940-1949
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