 During 1961, production of the type was terminated, by which point a total of 461 aircraft had reportedly been completed.The Percival Provost eventually formed the basis for a jet-powered derivative, the Jet Provost, which ultimately succeeded the piston-engined Provost as the principle training platform of the RAF.The Provost was an all-metal, single-engined, two-seat monoplane, featuring fixed conventional landing gear with a fully-castering tailwheel.