Edgar Percival Aircraft Limited was a British aircraft manufacturer from 1954 to 1958. The company was based at Stapleford Aerodrome

Stapleford Aerodrome

Stapleford Aerodrome is an airfield in the Epping Forest district of Essex, England near to the village of Abridge. It is about south of North Weald Airfield and north of Romford...

, England.

History

In 1954, Edgar Percival

Edgar Percival

Edgar Wikner Percival was a noted Australian aircraft designer and pilot whose aircraft were distinguished by speed and grace. Percival went on to set up the Percival Aircraft Company, a British aircraft company in his own name.-Early years:...

 formed Edgar Percival Aircraft Limited a few years after his original company the Percival Aircraft Company

Hunting Aircraft

Hunting Aircraft was a British aircraft manufacturer, that produced light training aircraft and initially designed the BAC 1-11 jet airliner. The company, based in Luton, merged with other companies to form the British Aircraft Corporation in 1959.-History:...

 had become part of the Hunting Group. His first new design was Edgar Percival E.P.9

Edgar Percival E.P.9

-References:NotesBibliography* "Edgar Percival EP.9." Classic Wings Downunder article, Issue 52, Vol. 12, No.4.* Flight, 1955.* Ellison, Norman H.Percivals Aircraft . Chalford, Stroud, UK: Chalford Publishing Company, 1997. ISBN 0-7524-0774-0.* The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft...

 which was a utility aircraft designed for agricultural use.

In 1958 Samlesbury Engineering Limited acquired rights to the design and the company was renamed the Lancashire Aircraft Company Limited.