Edgar Percival Aircraft Limited was a British aircraft manufacturer from 1954 to 1958. The company was based at
Stapleford Aerodrome, England.
History
In 1954,
Edgar Percival
Edgar Wikner Percival (23 February 1897 – 21 January 1984) was a noted Australian aircraft designer and pilot whose aircraft were distinguished by speed and grace. Percival went on to set up the Percival Aircraft Company, a British aircraft ...
formed Edgar Percival Aircraft Limited a few years after his original company the
Percival Aircraft Company had become part of the Hunting Group. His first new design was
Edgar Percival E.P.9 which was a utility aircraft designed for agricultural use.
In 1958
Samlesbury Engineering Ltd Limited acquired rights to the design and the company formed a subsidiary named the
Lancashire Aircraft Company Limited.
Aircraft
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Edgar Percival E.P.9
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{{Aerospace industry in the United Kingdom
Defunct aircraft manufacturers of the United Kingdom
Defunct aircraft manufacturers of England
British companies established in 1954
Manufacturing companies established in 1954
Manufacturing companies disestablished in 1958
1954 establishments in England
1958 disestablishments in England