page_title: Percival Provost
section_title: Operators
hierarchical_section_title: Percival Provost / Operators
caption_attribution_description: 3614 Percival Provost T.52
context_page_description: The Percival P.56 Provost is a basic trainer aircraft that was designed and manufactured by British aviation company Percival.
  During the 1950s, the Provost was developed for the Royal Air Force as a replacement for the Percival Prentice. Designed by Henry Millicer, it was a single-engined low-wing monoplane, furnished with a fixed, tailwheel undercarriage and, like the preceding Prentice, had a side-by-side seating arrangement. First flying on 24 February 1950, the prototypes participated in an official evaluation, after which the type was selected to meet Air Ministry specification T.16/48.
  The Provost entered service with the RAF during 1953 and quickly proved to be more capable than the preceding Prentice. It was a relatively successful aircraft, being exported for multiple overseas operators. Various models were developed, both armed and unarmed, to meet with customer demands. The Provost later adapted to make use of a turbojet engine, producing the BAC Jet Provost. During the 1960s, the type was withdrawn from RAF service in favour of its jet-powered successor. It continued to be used for decades after with various export customers.
context_section_description:  Burma
  Burma Air Force
   Iraq
  Iraqi Air Force
   Ireland
  Irish Air Corps
   Malaysia
  Royal Malaysian Air Force
   Oman
  Royal Air Force of Oman
   Rhodesia
  Rhodesian Air Force
   Sudan
  Sudanese Air Force
   United Kingdom
  Empire Test Pilot's School
  Royal Air Force
  Cambridge University Air Squadron#
  Central ATC School (CATCS)
  Central Flying School
  Central Navigation and Control School
  No. 11 Air Experience Flight RAF
  No. 2 Flying Training School RAF
  No. 3 Flying Training School RAF
  No. 6 Flying Training School RAF
  No. 22 Flying Training School RAF
  London University Air Squadron
  Manchester University Air Squadron
  Queen's University Air Squadron
  Royal Air Force College
   Zimbabwe
  Zimbabwe Air Force
caption: Retired Provost T.52 of the Rhodesian Air Force.
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