THE PERCIVAL GULL typo of aeroplane in which Mr C. W. A. Scott won the African air race and with which Miss Jean Batten will attempt a new record flight from England to New Zealand. Scott’s machine was powered by a 200 h.p. Gipsy engine. The standard model equipped with a 120 h.p. engine has a top speed of 125 m.p.h. and with a normal fuel load of 31 gallons has a range of 550 miles and an endurance of 4½ hours. Miss Batten has had two extra fuel tanks installed in her machine, which will give her a range over 1,300 miles.
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Evening Star, Issue 22461, 5 October 1936, Page 7
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103THE PERCIVAL GULL typo of aeroplane in which Mr C. W. A. Scott won the African air race and with which Miss Jean Batten will attempt a new record flight from England to New Zealand. Scott’s machine was powered by a 200 h.p. Gipsy engine. The standard model equipped with a 120 h.p. engine has a top speed of 125 m.p.h. and with a normal fuel load of 31 gallons has a range of 550 miles and an endurance of 4½ hours. Miss Batten has had two extra fuel tanks installed in her machine, which will give her a range over 1,300 miles. Evening Star, Issue 22461, 5 October 1936, Page 7
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