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Percival Pembroke

🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·first flew 1952· light transport

📦 cargo 2× piston retired
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
  1. 1. Hunting percival p-66 pembroke c1 takeoff arp: Arpingstone· Public domain
  2. 2. Hunting percival p-66 pembroke c1 flying arp: Adrian Pingstone ( Arpingstone )· Public domain
  3. 3. Percival Pembroke - Neelyville Missouri: Justpez· CC BY-SA 4.0
  4. 4. Percival Pembroke C.1 WV746 BCCS BLA 09.56: RuthAS· CC BY 3.0
  5. 5. Percival Pembroke C.54 Luftwaffe Hermeskeil 23.06.07R: RuthAS· CC BY 3.0
  6. 6. Percival (Hunting Percival) P-66 Pembroke C1, UK - Air Force AN2249990: Mike Freer - Touchdown-aviation· GFDL 1.2
  7. 7. Percival (Hunting Percival) P-66 Pembroke C51 (N51966): Steve Fitzgerald· GFDL 1.2
  8. 8. Percival (Hunting Percival) P-66 Pembroke C51 AN1192416: Mike Freer - Touchdown-aviation· GFDL 1.2
  9. 9. Percival P-66 Pembroke C1, UK - Air Force AN1351421: Mike Freer - Touchdown-aviation· GFDL 1.2
  10. 10. Percival P-66 Pembroke C1, UK - Air Force AN2267010: Mike Freer - Touchdown-aviation· GFDL 1.2
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Percival Pembroke, photo 1 of 10
1/10 Arpingstone· Public domain

what is it?

The Percival Pembroke is a British high-wing twin-engined light transport aircraft built by the Percival Aircraft Company, later Hunting Percival.

How to recognise it: 2 piston engines with propellers · 19.7 m wingspan

base stats

  • speed 354 km/htop speed
  • range 1,848 kmwithout refuelling
  • seats 10passengers
  • size 5,897 kgmax take-off weight
  • built 128made in total

Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).

fun facts

  • First flew 74 years ago, in 1952.
  • Top speed is 2.7× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
  • Wingspan of 19.7 m: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
  • Range of 1,848 km: 10× Amsterdam to Brussels.

piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.

spec sheet

first flight
1952-11-21
introduced
1953
retired
1988
status
retired
number built
128
role
light transport
origin
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
makers
Hunting Aircraft
engines
2× Alvis Leonides 127 / Leonides Mark 127
crew
2
passengers
10
length
14 m
wingspan
19.7 m
height
4.9 m
max take-off weight
5,897 kg
top speed
354 km/h
cruise speed
298 km/h
range
1,848 km
ceiling
6,706 m

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.

Sources: Wikidata Q539354, Wikipedia: Percival Pembroke (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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