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.

Published resources

Book Sections

McCarthy, John, 'Percival, Edgar Wikner (1897-1984), pilot and aircraft designer' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 11: 1891 - 1939 Nes-Smi, Geoffrey Serle, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1988), pp. 199-200, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/percival-edgar-wikner-8018. 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

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