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1951
1951 - 1668.PDF
25 x FLIGHT 31 August 1951 I SCHOOLING THE PROVOST Development of the R.A.F.'s New Basic Trainer Proceeds The new aerial views above and below show the Mk 2 Provost—a not very photogenic machine—at its best. WE 530 carries the latest Service markings. The details right are of the hinged fairing giving access to the o/eo leg, and the engine installation revealing exhaust system and oil tank. "Flight" photographs WORK on the Percival Provost basictrainer is making good progress, and recently two examples, one with Alvis Leonides and the other with Armstrong Siddeley Cheetah power unit, completed their tropical trials. Although the Mk 2 Leonides version is going into production for the R.A.F., the Mk 1 will be kept alive in order to be ready should foreign buyers with experience of Cheetahs have reason to prefer the older and cheaper engine. Reports of handling trials at Bos- combe will give the Provost an excellent send-off on its Service career, and improvements suggested are not only of a very minor nature, but had in the main been incorporated even before the reports were received by the makers. Development and testing continue. It seems that separate throttles and pitch levers are no longer required by pupil and instructor in their side-by- side seats, and so production machines will have single levers on the central pedestal. It is the general opinion that instruc-tors and pupils alike will enjoy handling this lively basic trainer, and that itsstraightforward flying characteristics will instil confidence in pilots from theirearliest flights.
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