Percival Provost
The
Percival Provost was an
ab initio trainer of the
Royal Air Force in the 1950s, replacing the
Percival Prentice. It was a low-wing,
monoplane with a fixed,
tailwheel, undercarriage. Seating was in a side-by-side configuration.
The prototype first flew in 1950. Production ended in 1956, when 461 aircraft had been completed. The Provost remained in service from 1953 until the early 1960s.
Variants
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Provost T.Mk 1 : Two-seat basic trainer for the
RAF.
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Provost Mk 51 : Unarmed export version for the
Irish Air Corps.
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Provost Mk 52 : Armed export version for the
Rhodesian Air Force.
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Provost Mk 53 : Armed export version for Burma, Iraq, Ireland and Sudan.
Operators
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Burma,
Iraq,
Ireland (
Eire),
Malaysia,
Oman,
Rhodesia,
Sudan,
United Kingdom.
Specifications (T.1)
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