Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: British Agricultural Aircraft 1950-1959, British Agricultural Aircraft 1980-1989, Edgar Percival E.p.9, Nac Fieldmaster, Auster J/1b Aiglet, Auster Agricola, Auster Workmaster. Not illustrated. Excerpt: The Edgar Percival E.P.9 was a 1950s British light utility aircraft designed by Edgar Percival and initially built by his company, Edgar Percival Aircraft Limited and later as the Lancashire Prospector E.P.9 by the Lancashire Aircraft Company Limited. In 1954, Edgar Percival formed Edgar Percival Aircraft Limited at Stapleford Aerodrome, England, his original company had become part of the Hunting Group. His first new design, the Edgar Percival P.9 was a utility aircraft designed for agricultural use. Construction numbers (c/n) commenced at 20 onwards. The aircraft was a high-wing monoplane with an unusual pod and boom fuselage. The pod and boom design allowed the aircraft to be fitted with a hopper for crop spraying. The pilot and one passenger sat together with room for four more passengers. The clamshell side and rear doors also allowed the aircraft to carry standard size wool and straw bales or 45 imperial gallon (55 U.S. gallon) oil drums or even livestock. when moving between sites, the ground crew could be carried. The prototype (c/n 20)(registered G-AOFU) first flew on 21 December 1955. After a demonstration tour of Australia four aircraft were ordered as crop-sprayers and an initial batch of 20 was built. Two aircraft were bought by the British Army in 1958. In the same year, Samlesbury Engineering Limited acquired rights to the design and the company was renamed the Lancashire Aircraft Company Limited. Lancashire Aircraft re-named the aircraft the Lancashire Prospector E.P.9 but only six more were built. In 1959 Skyspread Limited. More:
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