G-AHGW

G-AHGW is a Percival Aircraft Company Percival Proctor, a single-engine piston aircraft. SkyMeter has tracked 4 flights totalling 3 hours of airtime via ADS-B. The most frequent segment is GB-0809 to EGSC. The Percival Aircraft Company Percival Proctor has a maximum takeoff weight of 3,000 lb, light wake category.

About the Percival Aircraft Company Percival Proctor

The Percival Proctor was a British single-engine trainer and communications aircraft developed in 1939 from the company's successful Vega Gull touring design. Built by Percival Aircraft Company at Luton, the Proctor served primarily as a radio and navigation trainer for the Royal Air Force during World War II, with over 1,100 examples produced across five marks between 1939 and 1945. Its low-wing monoplane configuration, enclosed cabin seating three or four, and docile handling made it ideal for instrument training and light liaison duties throughout the war years.

Powered by a de Havilland Gypsy Queen inline piston engine producing around 210 horsepower, the Proctor offered modest performance with a cruise speed near 130 knots and a range of approximately 450 nautical miles—adequate for the training circuits and short cross-country flights that defined its wartime role. After demobilization, many Proctors entered civilian service as affordable touring aircraft and air-taxi platforms during Britain's postwar aviation boom. The type remained a familiar sight at British airfields through the 1950s and early 1960s, prized for its solid construction and straightforward systems.

Today, a handful of restored examples survive in private hands and museum collections, representing an important chapter in British light aviation history. SkyMeter has tracked flights across airframes and operators, with distinct routes observed.