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Percival, Vega Gull from SDASM Archives uploaded July 2012
Percival, Vega Gull from SDASM Archives uploaded July 2012
Percival, from SDASM Archives uploaded July 2012
Percival, Vega Gull from SDASM Archives uploaded July 2012
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Percival,
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Stig Jarlevik said:
No, this is first Percival model, the type D, Gull c/n D.44, sporting the race number 33 for the King's Cup in 1934 Stig
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Gordon Riley said:
Percival D.2 Gull Six (fitted with 200 hp de Havilland Gipsy Six engine, deeper cabin windows and spatted undercarriage). First registered (C of R 4929) on 28.3.34 as G-ACPA to Commander E.W.B Leake. Sold on and re-registered to S.L Turner, Gravesend Airport, Gravesend, Kent. Sold on and re-registered (C of R 6235) on 22.8.35 to Brian Allen Aviation Ltd., Croydon (aircraft based at Croydon Airport, Croydon, Surrey). Finished 8th in the 1935 Kings Cup Air Race to and from Hatfield, Hertfordshire, on 7-8.9.35, piloted by Mr S W Sparkes (Race Number "13") Written off as damaged beyond repair 2.10.35 when crashed near Avignon, Provence, France, whilst en route to Addis Ababa, Abyssinia (now Ethiopia). Registration G-ACPA cancelled by the Air Ministry 2.6.36 due to “destruction or permanent withdrawl from use of aircraft"