A Castrol endorsement contract and the generous patronage of Wakefield provided the funds for Jean Batten to purchase the Percival Gull Six G-ADPR monoplane in which she set two world records for solo flight.
It was designed by Percival himself, and was strongly influenced by the Hendy 302, designed by Basil "Hendy" Henderson, that he had previously owned and raced.
Kelp Gull | Pacific Gull | Percival | Gull | John Percival | Yellow-legged Gull | Sooty Gull | Percival Serle | Percival Lowell | Percival Farquhar | Percival Davis | gull | Black-billed Gull | Thomas Percival | Silver Gull | Red-billed Gull | Percival Willoughby | Percival Pembroke | Percival Molson | Percival, Iowa | Percival Gull | Percival Goodman | Percival Everett | Mediterranean Gull | Grey Gull | Franklin's Gull | Caspian Gull | Western Gull | The ''Larus'' gulls interbreed in a ring around the arctic. 1: Lesser Black-backed Gull | Sir William Gull, 1st Baronet |
Built by Percival Aircraft of Gravesend and Luton (after 1936 when Percival Aircraft became a Limited Company), the 'K-Series' Vega Gull was a development of their earlier 'D-Series' Gull.