A liaison aircraft of 1932, twenty-nine of this type were built circa 1934.
Mk.III
Engine: de Havilland Gipsy Major, 130 hp
Max speed: 153 mph
Mk. 4
Length: 24.738 ft / 7.54 m
Height: 7.021 ft / 2.14 m
Wingspan : 36.089 ft / 11.0 m
Max take off weight : 2249.1 lb / 1020.0 kg
Max. speed : 124 kts / 230 km/h
Service ceiling : 16076 ft / 4900 m
Range : 486 nm / 900 km
Crew : 2+2
Percival Aircraft Ltd formed in 1932 by Australian born aircraft designer Edgar. W. Percival and E. W. B. Leake at Gravesend, Kent, moving to Luton, Bedfordshire, in 1937. Built series of successful light aircraft beginning with the single-engine Gull and later twin-engine Q-6 six/seven seat cabin monoplane. Percival Gulls were used for a number of record-breaking flights, and the type was developed into the Proctor light communications aircraft. Several Mew Gull racers were built in the late 1930s. After Second World War, production of the Proctor continued for civilian customers, while a new three-seat trainer, the Prentice, appeared in 1946 and was built in quantity for the RAF and several overseas air forces. It was followed by the Provost trainer, ordered for the RAF in 1951. Following the experimental Merganser light transport of 1946, a larger version, the Prince, flew in 1948 and was produced in civil and military versions.
During 1944 the Percival Company was absorbed by the Hunting Group in the UK.
A change of name is announced in April 1954, by Percival Aircraft, Ltd. who will be known as Hunting Percival Aircraft, Ltd. The change of name was to provide more complete identification with the parent Hunting Group, and then Hunting Aircraft in 1957.
A circa 1997 hang glider
Large
Min all-up weight: 80kg
Max all-up Weight: 105kg
Classification: DHV2
Vector L
Paraglider new in 1998.
Wing area: 30.61 sq.m
Certification: DHV
Pilot weight: 95-130 kg
No. of cells: 53
Wing span: 12.63 m
Aspect ratio: 5.2
Min sink: 1.1 m/s
Max speed: 47 kph
Price (1998) 5000 DM
Vector M
Paraglider new in 1998.
Wing area: 27.62 sq.m
Certification: DHV
Pilot weight: 85-110 kg
No. of cells: 53
Wing span: 12 m
Aspect ratio: 5.2
Min sink: 1.1 m/s
Max speed: 47 kph
Price (1998) 4900 DM
Vector S
Paraglider new in 1998.
Wing area: 24.79 sq.m
Certification: DHV
Pilot weight: 65-90 kg
No. of cells: 53
Wing span: 11.35 m
Aspect ratio: 5.2
Min sink: 1.1 m/s
Max speed: 47 kph
Price (1998) 4800 DM
Vector BI
Certification: DHV 1-2
Saga L
Paraglider circa 1998.
Wing area: 29.2 sq.m
Certification: DHV 1-2GH
Pilot weight: 75-100 kg
No. of cells: 36
Wing span: 11.1 m
Aspect ratio: 4.2
Min sink: 1.2 m/s
Max speed: 42 kph
Price (1998) £ 2350
Saga M
Paraglider circa 1998.
Wing area: 25.5 sq.m
Certification: DHV 1-2GH
Pilot weight: 60-80 kg
No. of cells: 34
Wing span: 10.4 m
Aspect ratio: 4.2
Min sink: 1.2 m/s
Max speed: 42 kph
Price (1998) £ 2110
Saga S
Paraglider circa 1998.
Wing area: 22.6 sq.m
Pilot weight: 50-65 kg
No. of cells: 32
Wing span: 9.8 m
Aspect ratio: 4.2
Min sink: 1.2 m/s
Max speed: 42 kph
Price (1998) 4200 DM
Graffity Sport L
Paraglider circa 1998.
Wing area: 28.8 sq.m
Certification: DHV 1-2/Afnor
Pilot weight: 80-110 kg
No. of cells: 26
Wing span: 10.6 m
Aspect ratio: 3.9
Min sink: 1.3 m/s
Max speed: 41 kph
Price (1998) £ 1930
Graffity Sport M
Paraglider circa 1998.
Wing area: 25.1 sq.m
Certification: DHV 1-2/Afnor
Pilot weight: 65-85 kg
No. of cells: 24
Wing span: 9.8 m
Aspect ratio: 3.8
Min sink: 1.3 m/s
Max speed: 41 kph
Price (1998) £ 1880
Graffity Sport S
Paraglider circa 1998.
Wing area: 21.4 sq.m
Pilot weight: 40-65 kg
No. of cells: 22
Wing span: 8.8 m
Aspect ratio: 3.6
Min sink: 1.3 m/s
Max speed: 41 kph
Graffity XL
Paraglider circa 1998.
Wing area: 31.5 sq.m
Certification: DHV 1-2/Afnor
Pilot weight: 95-120 kg
No. of cells: 28
Wing span: 11.4 m
Aspect ratio: 4.1
Min sink: 1.3 m/s
Max speed: 41 kph
Price (1998) £ 1990
Viper L
Paraglider new in 1998.
Wing area: 30.8 sq.m
Certification: DHV
Pilot weight: 95-130 kg
No. of cells: 84
Wing span: 13.52 m
Aspect ratio: 5.93
Min sink: 1 m/s
Max speed: 50 kph
Price (1998) 5900 DM
Viper M
Paraglider new in 1998.
Wing area: 27.8 sq.m
Certification: DHV
Pilot weight: 80-105 kg
No. of cells: 84
Wing span: 12.77 m
Aspect ratio: 5.87
Min sink: 1 m/s
Max speed: 50 kph
Price (1998) 5800 DM
Bigfoot Bi
Paraglider new in 1998.
Wing area: 44.3 sq.m
Certification: DVH 1-2
Pilot weight: 140-250 kg
No. of cells: 52
Wing span: 14.6 m
Aspect ratio: 4.83
Min sink: 1.2 m/s
Max speed: 48 kph
Price (1998) £ 2799
Paraglider. Circa 1998.
DHV: 2
Weight range: 80-150 kg
1998: Probsteneerstrasse 15, D-87637 Eisenberg, GERMANY
1998: Operated by the Kurle brothers; Stephan produces the wings in Sre Lanks while brother Uli sells them in Europe.
Paraglider and hang glider builder
