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Aviation History
1936
1936 - 0030.PDF
FLTGHT, JAKU A ROOMIER The Vega Gull : Seats for Fowa a Gipsy Six Engine : Many ft The cabin of the Vega Gull is 44 in. wide and permits side-by-side seating without cramping. (Flight photograph.) In the sketch on the right one half of the simplified undercarriage is revealed ESSENTIALLY the new Percival Vega Gull follows standard Percival practice, and might, in fact, be regarded as a scaled-up and cleaned-up Gull. It is notable chiefly because it carries four people, with a high degree of comfort, at a speed barely 5 m.p.h. less than that attained by last year's three-seater Gull. An increase of 15 sq. ft. in wing area keeps the landing speed down to the 45 m.p.h. of the smaller machine. Cabin Comfort The fuselage, which is 9 in. longer than that of the Gull, has a spruce framework and plywood covering. A thin cotton fabric known as nainsook, or madapollam, is applied, protecting the ply and forming a base for the Titanine finish. The cabin is 44 in. wide and its four seats are arranged in pairs, the two front seats being of the bucket type. The rear pair is luxuriously upholstered and provided with armrests. Soundproofing—which, like the upholstery, is the work of Rumbold—is incorporated, and from all viewpoints the cabin is comparable with that of a saloon motor car. There is a door on each side of the cabin and windows of splinterproof glass. Dual controls are optional, as are the electric starter Say " Ah 1' Capt. E. W. Percival, designer of the Vega Gull, inspects the flaps (which are of greater area than those of the Gull) on the machine he demonstrated at Gravesend. (Flight photograph.! 1?
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