Person
Percival, Edgar Wikner (1897 - 1984)
- Born
- 23 February 1897
Albury, New South Wales, Australia - Died
- 21 January 1984
London, England - Occupation
- Aviator and Aircraft designer
Summary
Edgar Wikner Percival built the winning entry in the 1924 Australian Aero Club competition to design a light aircraft. He used drawings supplied by H.E. Broadsmith (qv). Later, while working for the Bristol Aeroplane Company, he designed and manufactured the Percival 'Gull', a three-seater, low-wing cantilever monoplane.
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Published resources
Book Sections
- McCarthy, John, 'Percival, Edgar Wikner (1897-1984), pilot and aircraft designer' in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Geoffrey Serle, ed., vol. 11 (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1988), pp. 199-200. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A110205b.htm. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1284217. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/305857192. Details
- 'Percival, Edgar Wikner (1897-1984)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1467209. Details
See also
- Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/index_p.html. Details
Rosanne Walker
Created: 25 May 2001, Last modified: 4 February 2010
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