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5 unusual facts about Percival Vega Gull


Percival Vega Gull

With the publicity of the win, Percival set up a production line at larger premises at Luton.

A third aircraft for use by the British air attaché in Berlin was seized by the Germans at the outbreak of the Second World War.

Alex Henshaw, Jim Mollison, Amy Johnson, Beryl Markham, C.W.A. Scott and others, won races and broke records to South Africa, South America, Australia and New Zealand, to name but a few.

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.

Two early production Vega Gulls were entered into the Schlesinger Race from England to Johannesburg, South Africa.



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