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5 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Percival P.31 Proctor IV NP184 G-ANYP Torbay 08.76: RuthAS· CC BY 3.0
- 2. Percival P-28 Proctor 1 AN2116728: Mike Freer - Touchdown-aviation· GFDL 1.2
- 3. Percival P-28 Proctor 1 AN2182942: Steve Fitzgerald· GFDL 1.2
- 4. Percival P-34A Proctor 3 AN0231802: Alan D R Brown· GFDL
- 5. Proctor, Liverpool, 1961 (110397696): Phillip Capper from Wellington, New Zealand· CC BY 2.0
what is it?
The Percival Proctor is a British radio trainer and communications aircraft of the Second World War. The Proctor is a single-engined, low-wing monoplane with seating for three or four, depending on the model.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 12 m wingspan
base stats
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 87 years ago, in 1939.
- Top speed is 1.9× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 12 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
- 1939-10-08
- retired
- 1955
- status
- retired
- number built
- 1,268
- role
- radio trainer/communications aircraft
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- makers
- Hunting Aircraft
- engines
- 1× de Havilland Gipsy Queen II
- crew
- 1
- length
- 8.6 m
- wingspan
- 12 m
- height
- 2.2 m
- max take-off weight
- 1,588 kg
- top speed
- 253 km/h
- cruise speed
- 217 km/h
- range
- —
- ceiling
- 4,267 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q2033031, Wikipedia: Percival Proctor (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.