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.
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Famous quotes containing the word years:
“In the Corner Store, near the village center, hangs a large sign reading: ‘After 40 years of credit business, we have closed our book of Sorrow.’”
—For the State of Maine, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)
“There’s something like a line of gold thread running through a man’s words when he talks to his daughter, and gradually over the years it gets to be long enough for you pick up in your hands and weave into a cloth that feels like love itself. It’s another thing, though, to hold up that cloth for inspection.”
—John Gregory Brown (20th century)