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Percival PRENTICE

The Percival Prentice was designed as a basic trainer and served as the RAF's main basic trainer between 1948 and 1953. It was an all-metal, low-wing monoplane with fixed landing gear. The enclosed cockpit was a marked departure from typical RAF predecessors such as the Tiger Moth. It incorporated many new features based upon the experiences of training wartime pilots. Up-turned wing tips were an identifying feature.

The RCAF acquired one example in 1948 possibly for evaluation purposes. Few details of the type in RCAF service are available and it lasted only one yea...

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