Percival Prince

what is it?

The Percival Prince is a British light transport of the early postwar period. It was a twin-engine, high-wing, cantilever monoplane of all-metal stressed-skin construction; the undercarriage was of retractable, tricycle type.

🔎How to recognise it: 2 piston engines with propellers · 17.1 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 359 km/htop speed
• range 741 kmwithout refuelling
• size 5,375 kgmax take-off weight
• built 75made 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 78 years ago, in 1948.
• 🏎️Top speed is 2.8× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 17.1 m: about 4 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

1948-05-13

number built

75

role

transport aircraft

makers

Hunting Aircraft

engines

2× Alvis Leonides 125

length

14.1 m

wingspan

17.1 m

height

4.9 m

max take-off weight

5,375 kg

top speed

359 km/h

cruise speed

294 km/h

range

741 km

ceiling

6,706 m

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