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ON THE WINGS OF A GULL: PERCIVAL AND HUNTING AIRCRAFT

by David W. Gearing; et al

Published by Air-Britain (historians) Ltd.. 1st. 2012

Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper. A tribute to one of Britain's iconic aircraft designers, Edgar W. Percival. Large format. Green pictorial glazed boards. B/w and colour photos.

Small bump to lower front edge of boards. Contents fine. Green pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear.

ISBN: 9780851304489
Stock no. 1825408

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Contents

  • Editorial Foreword
  • Introduction
  • Acknowledgements
  • Chapter 1: The Formative Years
  • Chapter 2: Percival Goes To War
  • Chapter 3: Peace - And Hunting
  • Chapter 4: Hunting Percival Aircraft and BAC
  • Chapter 5: The Percival Type D Gull
  • Chapter 6: The Percival TYpe E Mew Gull
  • Chapter 7: The Percival Type K Vega Gull
  • Chapter 8: The Percival Type Q
  • Chapter 9: The Percival Type K Proctor
  • Chapter 10: Percival's Outside Contracts
  • Chapter 11: The Percival P.40 Prentice
  • Chapter 12: The Percival Merganser and Prince
  • Chapter 13: The Hunting Percival P.66 Pembroke and President
  • Chapter 14: The Hunting Percival P.56 Provost
  • Chapter 15: The Hunting Percival P.84 Jet Provost
  • Chapter 16: The BAC Jet Provost T.5 and BAC.167 Strikemaster
  • Chapter 17: Experimental Prototypes
  • Chapter 18: Percival and Hunting Experimental Designs
  • Chapter 19: Percival Designations and Construction Numbers
  • Chapter 20: The Return of Edgar Percival
  • Chapter 21: Aircraft Production Histories
  • Appendices:
  • Appendix 1: Percival, Hunting Percival and Hunting Aircraft Production Summary/Principle Chronology
  • Appendix 2: Three-View Drawings of Percival Aircraft
  • Appendix 3: Aircraft Registration Cross-Reference
  • Appendix 4: Glossary of Abbreviations
  • Index

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