but 28 were converted for civil use with two seats and two jumpseats behind the two pilots' seats, separated by a structure which housed the original 4-channel radio. This conversion had quite poor performance with four passengers. One aircraft (G-AOKL) was based at Stansted Aerodrome near London around 1963 and used by the Parachute Club for parachuting with at least three jumpers. One aircraft was converted to a seven-seat layout for pleasure flights. One (G-AOPL) was acquired from Shackleton Aviation at Sywell by Captain Jon Cousens, a Desert Intelligence Officer in the Trucial Oman Scouts and flown to Sharjah in 1967; later being flown on to South Africa where it remained until it ceased flying. Forty-two aircraft were built under licence by Hindustan Aircraft for the Indian Air Force. Three fictional civilian Percival Prentice are featured in The Black Island (French: L'Île noire), the 7th volume of The Adventures of Tintin, the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. The planes are used by money forgers, flying over Sussex and Scotland. Variants Prentice T.1 Standard three-seat trainer for Royal Air Force and export. de Havilland Gipsy Queen 32 engine. 463 built. Prentice T.2 Fitted with supercharged Gipsy Queen 51. One built. Prentice T.3 Fitted with Gipsy Queen 70-2. 62 built. Operators Argentine Air Force – Purchased 100 T.1s, with delivery from September 1948. Royal Canadian Air Force – One aircraft was evaluated and tested by the RCAF in 1948. Indian Air Force – Received 20 Percival-built T.3s plus 42 built under licence by Hindustan Aircraft. Lebanese Air Force – Received 3 T.1s. Royal Air Force Central Flying School No.1 FTS No.2 FTS No.3 FTS No.6 FTS No.7 FTS No.22 FTS No.16 RFS No.22 RFS No.23 RFS No.24 RFS No.25 RFS Surviving aircraft Argentina E-390 – Prentice T.1 on static display at the Museo Nacional de Aeronáutica de Argentina in Morón, Buenos Aires. India IV336 – Prentice T.1 on static display at the Indian Air Force Museum, Palam in New Delhi. New Zealand VS316 – Prentice T.1 on static display at the National Transport and Toy Museum in Wanaka, Otago. United Kingdom VR189 – Prentice T.1 airworthy with private owner at Biggin Hill Airport in London. VR192 – Prentice T.1 on display at the Brenzett Aeronautical Museum in Brenzett, Kent. VR249 – Prentice T.1 on static display at the Newark Air Museum in Newark-on-Trent, Nottinhamshire. VR259 – Prentice T.1 airworthy with Aero