Percival Proctor – put your photos here

Proctor G-ANZJ

Photographed at Staverton early 60’s

Am I too late?

Proctor Mk. IV, NP294, which apparently served as a children’s plaything in a field at Andover Down c. 1963 (q.v. W&R 2nd ed.). I afraid that I can’t credit the image as I can’t remember how and from where I acquired it.

I have an original print of this photograph obtained in the 1970s from the copyright holder. It is copyright N.A.P.S. photographic service (i.e. Northern Aircraft Preservation Society) and originals were printed by Mr I.V.Jones of Stretford, Lancashire. These details were stamped on the reverse of the officially produced copies that were released at that time. (I obtained my copy from the NAPS but I can’t verify the identity of the individual photographer.)

The aircraft survives of course at East Kirkby and is an interesting examples as it was never civilianised and is still receiving TLC being gradually restored in static condition within a shed at that site alongside a Hampden project.

Tim

Proctor Mk. IV, NP294, which apparently served as a children’s plaything in a field at Andover Down c. 1963 (q.v. W&R 2nd ed.). I afraid that I can’t credit the image as I can’t remember how and from where I acquired it.

For interest’s sake, here’s another aircraft from the same collection as the Proctor, seen making one of its very few public appearances in that ownership during a car show at the 1990 Canadian National Exhibition at Toronto. Miles M2H Hawk Major C-FAUV, ex-Cliff Glenister. (The Harvard in the background belonged to IVA also and was ex-Jack Arnold, same as the Proctor hulk).

Brian–

I doubt EHF will be restored any time soon…these photos were taken between 19 and 26 years ago, the Proctor was disassembled afterward and has been in storage in pieces for well over a decade. The collection to which it belongs, also, is famously private, much more so than when they were based at Mt.Hope twenty years ago.

S.

Well – there’s restorations – and restorations – is there a full set of production drawings anywhere and a good joiners shop, whilst someone makes the castings to produce an engine. Its got to be faster than anything else – the name Gunga Din springs to mind!

Best of luck – Brian.

Here we are…two of the several shots I took back in the day of Proctor 6 CF-EHF…or what was left of it by then…

At Jack Arnold’s hangar, Seneca airfield, near York, Ontario, ca.1983…

At International Vintage Aircraft, Mt.Hope, Ontario, ca.1990…

S.

I remember seeing various Procters at Kidlington back in the days whhen airworthy examples were more common than they are now. Seems that most of the airworthy examples are in Oz or NZ which leads me to believe their climate is more conducive to the long life of wooden airframes whilst ours is pretty hard on them.

Somewhere I’m sure I’ve got a scan of the Proctor Mk.6 hulk when it was at either Seneca Airfield (while with Jack Arnold) or Mt.Hope (while with Thomson/Rubin/IVA). If not…I’ve got old prints and can scan them anyway. Either way, hope to get a pic onto here soon. In fact I owe one of the forumites here a pic of that hulk. It’s sad how far CF-EHF had deteriorated by the time it got into a historically-centred collection. Hope it is someday restored/reincarnated…

S.

Taken at Stafford today

Danish Technical Museum in Helsingor, 2009.

G-AIEH at Baginton. NP215 and NP 335 derelict at Exeter 26/8/60. G-AHBA at Speke. OO-ADS at Eastleigh 8/60. NP342 Squires Gate.

I found this one lurking in a recently acquired negative collection.

It looks interesting. Who has the story?

Mark

All you need to know about THE Proctor on floats!

http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showthread.php?t=70525&highlight=Proctor+floats

I used to have a lovely photo of a derelict Proctor in RAF markings which I was told was taken at the gate of Croft airfield around 1950. Any one know anything about it?
I also had a photo of G-AKLD/NP276 on the bonfire for Guy Fawkes night at Woolsington taken 1 Nov 1957 but that too went walkabout (together with a piece of the fabric showing the RAF markings beneath the flaking civil markings – silver with red trim). This aircraft just appeared there one day, from whence I do not know.
Any info about either of these two aircraft would be welcome,
Jim

I found this one lurking in a recently acquired negative collection.

It looks interesting. Who has the story?

Mark

The Hudson’s Bay Company’s one-off Proctor 6 floatplane CF-EHF, flown in the UK prior to delivery in mid-1946 as X-1.

This aircraft was discussed in another thread here some time ago.

Proctor at Brussels Air Museum:

I found this one lurking in a recently acquired negative collection.

It looks interesting. Who has the story?

Mark

One from the archive. Luton I think.

Mark

Yes, well technically ZK-DPP is registered as a Proctor 1 (ex P6271 G-AHTV VH-BCX) but it has been rebuilt as a Gull Six to resemble as close as possible Jean Batten’s Gull Six G-ADPR (which was re-registered as ZK-DPR for one single flight in New Zealand in 1996). Hence the registration as ZK-DPP.