Percival P.68 Gazelle liaison and observation aircraft project

[hesham]

Hi,


http://www.samolotypolskie.pl/samoloty/2069/84/Percival-P-68-Gazelle2


http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=pl&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=ar&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.samolotypolskie.pl%2Findeksy%2Findeks-p-q

 

[Stargazer]

Cool. Any idea how similar (or how different) was their alternate proposal (design P.69) to the same tender?

 

[VictorXL188]

In the above webpage, it mentions how the designer Jerzy Dąbrowski based the design of the P.68 on a previous design, the Gazelle (see https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/dabrowski-gazelle-of-1938-and-1943.16475/) and how the staff of Percival basically messed around with the design behind his back (whether any of this coming from a Polish source could make this debateable), and how Dąbrowski was annoyed by this and gave an ultimatum to the Percival hierarchy leading to him leaving the company and joining Follands working on the Gnat. I would suspect that the P.69 may have been the result of those changes made by the other Percival staff, but not having the Putnam's Percival tome to hand or any other reference I cannot confirm that.

 

[hesham]

Hi Victor,please have a look to reply # 37;

https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/hunting-percival-aircraft.2166/#post-47762