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Hunting Aircraft was a British aircraft manufacturer founded in 1933 as the Percival Aircraft Company by the Australian designer and pilot Edgar Percival with Lieutenant Commander E. B. W. Leak, to build Percival own light aircraft. It began at Gravesend with the Percival Gull, moved to Luton Airport, and was restructured as Percival Aircraft Ltd in 1936. The firm joined the Hunting Group in 1944, became Hunting Percival Aircraft in 1954 and Hunting Aircraft in 1957, and was taken over in 1960 by the newly formed British Aircraft Corporation. Its products included the Mew Gull racer, the Proctor, Prince, Provost and Pembroke, the P.74 tip-jet helicopter and the early design that became the BAC One-Eleven airliner.

Facts
Founded Year
1933 1
Connections

Companies Founded

Edgar Percival, Founders, Executives and Management Thinkers
Source Edgar Percival (Wikipedia)

Founded By

Edgar Percival, Founders, Executives and Management Thinkers
Source Hunting Aircraft (Wikipedia)

Operates In

Aerospace Industry, Industries
Source Hunting Aircraft (Wikipedia)

Subsidiary Of

British Aircraft Corporation, Companies and Brands
Source Hunting Aircraft (Wikipedia)
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Manufactures

BAC Jet Provost

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Source BAC Jet Provost (Wikipedia)Lead, maker
Quote, Lead, maker
It was originally developed by Hunting Percival from the earlier piston engine-powered Percival Provost basic trainer
Hunting H.107

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Source Wikipedia: BAC One-ElevenEarly development
Quote, Early development
Hunting Aircraft started design studies on a jet-powered replacement for the successful Vickers Viscount, developing the 30-seat Hunting 107.
Hunting H.126

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Source Hunting H.126 (Wikipedia)Lead, maker
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designed and built by British aviation company Hunting Aircraft
Percival Gull

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Source Percival Gull (Wikipedia)Lead, maker
Quote, Lead, maker
The Percival Gull was the first aircraft of the Percival Aircraft Company
Percival Merganser

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Source Percival Merganser (Wikipedia)Lead, maker
Quote, Lead, maker
The Percival Merganser was a light, civil transport of the late 1940s.
Percival Mew Gull

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Source Percival Mew Gull (Wikipedia)Design and development
Quote, Design and development
Edgar Percival developed a smaller dedicated racer, and designated the type the E1
Percival P.74

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Source Percival P.74 (Wikipedia)Design and development
Quote, Design and development
In 1951, Percival Aircraft Company formed a helicopter division, and began design work on a medium-sized helicopter designated P.74
Percival Pembroke

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Source Percival Pembroke (Wikipedia)Lead, manufacturer
Quote, Lead, manufacturer
built by the Percival Aircraft Company, later Hunting Percival
Percival Prentice

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Source Percival Prentice (Wikipedia)Design and development
Quote, Design and development
the first all-metal aircraft to be produced by the Percival Aircraft Company
Percival Prince

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Source Percival Prince (Wikipedia)Lead, maker
Quote, Lead, maker
The Percival Prince is a British light transport of the early postwar period.
Percival Proctor

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Source Percival Proctor (Wikipedia)Lead, maker
Quote, Lead, maker
the first 222 aircraft were built by Percival at Luton
Percival Provost

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Source Percival Provost (Wikipedia)Lead, manufacturer
Quote, Lead, manufacturer
designed and manufactured by British aviation company Percival
Percival Q.6

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Source Percival Petrel (Wikipedia)Lead, maker
Quote, Lead, maker
built by Percival Aircraft Limited at Luton
Percival Vega Gull

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Source Percival Vega Gull (Wikipedia)Lead, maker
Quote, Lead, maker
built by Percival Aircraft Limited

Located In

United Kingdom

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Source Hunting Aircraft (Wikipedia)Lead, nationality
Quote, Lead, nationality
Hunting Aircraft was a British aircraft manufacturer
Sources
1. Grace's Guide to British Industrial History: Percival Aircraft Co
Grace's Guide to British Industrial HistoryHistory, 1933
Quote, History, 1933
1933 The company was originally formed as E. W. Percival - Designers and constructors of light aircraft.
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Hunting Aircraft (Wikipedia)
  • Lead, nationality
    Hunting Aircraft was a British aircraft manufacturer
  • Subsidiary Of: British Aircraft Corporation, History, takeover
    In 1960 the company was taken over by the British Aircraft Corporation (BAC)
  • Operates In: Aerospace Industry, Lead
    Hunting Aircraft was a British aircraft manufacturer
  • Founded By: Edgar Percival, History, founding
    The company was formed as Percival Aircraft Co. in Gravesend in 1933 by Edgar Percival
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Edgar Percival (Wikipedia)
Companies Founded: Edgar Percival, Lead
Quote, Companies Founded: Edgar Percival, Lead
Percival went on to set up the Percival Aircraft Company, a British aircraft company.
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