PERCIVAL PROCTOR

摘要

In the Thirties Percival were purveyors of sophisticated light aircraft with exceptional performance. The marque had a special lustre, which was burnished by many famous and glamorous pilots such as Alex Henshaw,Jim Mollison, Amy Johnson, Beryl Markham and CWA Scott. Percival Vega Culls were the steed of choice for all these celebrities and flying records were broken to Australia, South Africa, and South America.When war with Germany seemed imminent both The Air Ministry and The Admiralty saw the potential of the Vega Cull in a communications role. Fifteen were ordered and 21 were impressed from the Civilian Register. However, as early as 1938 Percival was already responding to Air Ministry Specification 20/36 for a single engined, low wing monoplane for communications and radio training duties. This led to a stretched and specially modified variant of the Vega Cull, dubbed the Proctor. Production extended to 1100 machines and some were even made at Barton in Manchester. There were six marques of Proctor in all, terminating with a float-plane variant in 1946.