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Aviation History
1936
1936 - 1297.PDF
24 FLIGHT. ADVERTISEMENTS. MAY 21, 1936. *MA$% J/4 ENGLAND TO CAPE ^*^ 3 days - 6 hours - 26 minutes S CAPE TO ENGLAND 4 days - 16 hours - 18 minutes ^ ENGLAND-CAPE-ENGLAND 11 days, round trip (including 3 days spent in Cape Town) OTHER RECENT RECORD-BREAKING FLIGHTS IN PERCIVAL GULLS INCLUDE:— ENGLAND ~ S. AAAERICA—(including crossing S. Atlantic Ocean—2,000 miles—in 13 J hours) by Miss Jean Batten in a Standard 3-seater Percival "Gull Six." • ENGLAND - AUSTRALIA — Mr. H. F. Broadbent's record solo flight in a Standard 3-seater Percival "Gull Six." ENGLAND - AFRICA AMD BACK-in less than 17 hours by Captain E. W. Percival in a Standard 3-seater Percival " Gull Six." KING'S CUP AIR RACE, 1935 — all previous records broken by a Percival "Mew Gull" at an average speed of 208.8 m.p.h. Kindly mention "Flight" when corresponding with advertisers.
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