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1935 - 0614.PDF
300 FLIGHT. MARCH 21, *935. THE 1935 MODEL "GULL" Comfortable Touring for Three at 150 m.p.h. : a Speed Range of 3.6 to 1 A T Gravesend aerodrome last Thursday, Captain E. W. Percival intro duced his 1935 model " Gull." Generally speaking, the new machine retains the main features of last year's model, but a few modifications have been made and certain features added which together render the " Gull " thoroughly up to date in the private- owner's class. Split trailing- edge flaps reduce the landing speed and steepen the approach, while differentially operated wheel brakes reduce the landing run, so that the machine can be brought into a reasonably small field. At the same time, the aerodynamic design is such that a high maximum speed and a cruising speed of 150 m.p.h. are attained when the power plant is a 200 h.p. D.H. " Gipsy Six " six-cylinder- in-line air-cooled engine. With engines of lower power the performance is, of course, correspondingly reduced, but is still quite good. For example, with the Napier " Javelin " the cruising speed is 140 m.p.h., and with the " Gipsy Majnr " or " Hermes IV " it is 130 m.p.h. These Capt. E. W. Percival (right), designer of the " Gull," with Mr. Gooding, a director of Gravesend Airport, where the machines are built. (Flight photograph.) figures apply when carrying pilot and two passengers. The cabin is airy and well lighted by large windows. Fresh air is drawn in from a point on the wing sufficiently far outboard to preclude engine fumes entering the cabin, and for really hot weather some of the windows can be opened, although this admits a certain amount of engine noist. With the windows closed, the noise level is by no means high. The seats are arranged one behind the other and slightly staggered. In spite of the relatively small width of the cabin there is sufficient room, and the controls have been so arranged as to leave the floor space completely free. Behind the cabin there is a luggage compartment, closed by a separate door. Cabin doors of large area are fitted, and an arrangement of spring-loaded cables ensures that the doM-3 remain °F» while passengers are getting in and out. The doors ™Pf® one as being particularly solid and rigid, in distinct c°"tlast ° the flimsy contraptions found on some machines. The stou member which runs lengthwise over the central roof inspi confidence, not only in its ability to transmit the loads in spi of the large doors, but also in its effectiveness as a skid in The 1935 "Gull" Note the new windscreen, which has been found to shed the rain and leave the view u (Flight photograph.)
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