Percival Provost Aircraft

Provost T.1, Cosford

Production Details

Design Company:

Percival Aircraft Ltd

First Flight:

24 February 1950

Provost T.1:

306 - Percival Aircraft

Provost Export:

82 - Percival Aircraft

Type Specification

Applies to:

Percival Provost T.1

Type:

Basic trainer designed to Air Ministry Spec T.16/48

Wing:

Low wing, cantilever, all metal monoplane

Fuselage:

All metal, stress skin construction

Tail Unit:

Single fin and rudder, with tailplane at base

Landing Gear:

Fixed undercarriage. Main wheels on single legs under wing. Tailwheel

Power Plant:

One 550 hp Alvis Leonides 126 piston engine in nose driving three blade propeller

Accommodation:

Side by side seats for two in enclosed cockpit

Span:

35 ft 2 in

Length:

28 ft 8 in

Height:

12 ft 2 in

Wing Area:

214 sq ft

Empty:

3,350 lb

Loaded:

4,400 lb

Max Speed:

200 mph at sea level

Initial Climb:

2,200 ft/min

Service Ceiling:

25,000 ft

Range:

648 miles

Preserved in British Museums

Provost T.1:

WV493 - Museum of Flight, East Fortune - Stored WV562 - RAF Museum, Cosford - Display WV605 - Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum, Flixton - Display WV606 - Newark Air Museum, Winthorpe Showground - Display WV679 - Wellesbourne Wartime Museum, Wellesbourne Mountford - Restoration WW388 - Wartime Aircraft Recovery Group, Sleap - Display WW442 - Gatwick Aviation Museum, Charlwood - Display XF603 - Shuttleworth Collection, Old Warden - Airworthy XF844 - Phoenix Aviation, Bruntingthorpe - Display

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