Percival Pembroke

infobox Aircraft
name = P.66 Pembroke
type = Light transport
manufacturer = Percival Aircraft Company

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first flight = 21 November avyear|1952
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retired = avyear|1988
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primary user = Royal Air Force
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produced = 1953-1958
number built = 128
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The Percival Pembroke was a British high-wing twin-engined light transport aircraft built by the Percival Aircraft Company, later Hunting Percival.

Development

The Pembroke was a development of the Percival Prince civil transport. It had a longer wing to permit a higher fully laden weight. The prototype flew on 21 November 1952. Production was complete in early 1958.

Service

It entered service with the Royal Air Force as the Percival Pembroke C.1 in 1953 to replace the Avro Anson for light transport duties. As with other RAF transports passenger seats are rearward facing for improved safety.

Six were produced as the Pembroke C(PR). 1 photographic reconnaissance aircraft. these saw use by No.81 Squadron RAF during the Malayan Emergency. The RAF's Pembrokes were modified to extend their lifespan in 1970. The last unit to use them was No. 60 Squadron RAF based at RAF Wildenrath in Germany, these were withdrawn from use in 1988 and were replaced by the Hawker Siddeley Andover.

Variants

* P.66 Pembroke C1 - Communications and transport version for the RAF, 44 built.
* P.66 Pembroke C(PR)1 - Photographic reconnaissance version for the RAF, 6 built and 2 conversions from C1.
* P.66 Pembroke C51 - export version for Belgium.
* P.66 Pembroke C52 - export version for Sweden. Swedish military designation Tp 83.
* P.66 Pembroke C53 - export version for Finland.
* P.66 Pembroke C54 - export version for West Germany.
* P.66 President - Civil transport version, 5 built.

Operators

; BEL
*Belgian Air Force (12 x C51 operated from 1954 to 1976); DNK; FIN
* Finnish Air Force; GER
* Luftwaffe; flag|Rhodesia
* Royal Rhodesian Air Force; SWE
* Swedish Air Force; SUD; UK
* Royal Air Force
** No. 21 Squadron RAF
** No. 32 Squadron RAF
** No. 60 Squadron RAF
** No. 70 Squadron RAF
** No. 78 Squadron RAF
** No. 81 Squadron RAF
** No. 84 Squadron RAF
** No. 152 Squadron RAF
** No. 207 Squadron RAF
** No. 209 Squadron RAF
** No. 267 Squadron RAF
* Empire Test Pilots' School; ZAM
* Zambian Air Force

pecifications (Pembroke C.1)

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ref= [http://www.gatwick-aviation-museum.co.uk/pembroke/pembroke.html Gatwick museum Pembroke page]
crew= Two pilots
capacity=8 passengers
length main= 46 ft
length alt= 14.02 m
span main= 64 ft 6 in
span alt= 19.66 m
height main= 16 ft
height alt= 4.9 m
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empty weight main= 9,961 lb
empty weight alt= 4,400 kg
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max takeoff weight main= 13,489 lb
max takeoff weight alt= 6,124 kg
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engine (prop)= Alvis Leonides 127
type of prop= 9-cylinder supercharged radial piston engines
number of props=2
power main= 540 hp
power alt= 410 kw
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max speed main= 186 mph
max speed alt= 300 km/h
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range main= 1,012 nm
range alt= 1,850 km
ceiling main= 7,680 m
ceiling alt= 22,000 ft
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ee also

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similar aircraft=
* Twin Pioneer

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* List of aircraft of the RAF

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References

* "The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft" (Part Work 1982-1985), Orbis Publishing, UK.
* A.J. Jackson, "British Civil Aircraft since 1919" (Volume 3), 1974, Putnam, UK, ISBN 0 370 10014 X
* G G Jefford, "RAF Squadrons", second edition 2001, Airlife Publishing, UK, ISBN 1-84037-141-2.

External links

* [http://www.rafmuseum.org/percival-pembroke-c1.htm RAF museum]
* [http://www.britishaircraft.co.uk/aircraftpage.php?ID=512 Percival Prince at British Aircraft Directory]