Percival Petrel

what is it?

The Percival Q.6 was a 1930s British communications aircraft built by Percival Aircraft Limited at Luton. Originally, the Percival Q.6 was a civil transport but It was used during the Second World War by the Royal Air Force and Royal Navy as a communications and liaison aircraft. It was a twin-engine, low-wing monoplane with a tailwheel undercarriage.

🔎How to recognise it: 2 piston engines with propellers · 14.2 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 314 km/htop speed
• seats 6passengers
• size 2,495 kgmax take-off weight
• built 27made 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 89 years ago, in 1937.
• 🏎️Top speed is 2.4× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 14.2 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.

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

spec sheet

first flight

1937-09-14

introduced

1938

status

retired

number built

27

role

military aircraft

makers

Hunting Aircraft

engines

2× de Havilland Gipsy Six II

crew

2

passengers

6

length

9.8 m

wingspan

14.2 m

height

3 m

max take-off weight

2,495 kg

top speed

314 km/h

cruise speed

291 km/h

range

—

ceiling

6,401 m

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