Edgar Percival - Later Years

Later Years

In 1948, Edgar Percival became a naturalized US citizen and in 1951 he went to New Zealand where he was involved with pioneering aerial application efforts. In 1954, Percival formed Edgar Percival Aircraft Limited (at Stapleford Aerodrome, England), a new company after his original company became part of the Hunting Group. His first new design, the Edgar Percival E.P.9 was a utility aircraft well suited to agricultural use. A total of 21 were constructed before Percival sold his company in 1960 to Samlesbury Engineering; the new company formed Lancashire Aircraft Company to continue aircraft construction of the E.P.9.

Edgar Percival was working on new aviation projects in the UK and New Zealand at the time of his death in 1984.