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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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



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