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1936
1936 - 2392.PDF
SEPTEMBER 3, i936- ADVERTISEMENTS. FLIGHT. ^ PERCIVAL GULLS 1* o^ s itf ^% It cannot be just a coincidence that so many records have been achieved by PERCIVAL "GULLS," and still remain unbroken. Consider this list: ENGLAND TO AUSTRALIA Solo Record, 6 days 21 hours 19 mins., November, 1935 — Mr. H. F. Broadbent. Previous Record held by Sir Charles Kingsford Smith, 7 days 4 hours 50 mins. ENGLAND TO AFRICA AND BACK IN ONE DAY 14 hours 30 mins. (actual flying time), 17th June, 1935 — Capt. E. W. Percival. ENGLAND TO SOUTH AMERICA 2days i3hours. Fastest time ever made, Nov. nth to 13th, 1935 —Miss Jean Batten. SOUTH ATLANTIC CROSSING (2,000 miles) 13 hours 15 mins. Fastest crossing ever made, 13th November, 1935 — Miss Jean Batten. ENGLAND TO CAPE TOWN 3 days 6 hours 25 mins., May 4th to 8th, 1936 — Mrs. Amy Mollison. CAPE TOWN TO ENGLAND 4 days 16 hours 18 mins.. May 10th to 15th, 1936 — Mrs. Amy Mollison. ENGLAND - CAPE TOWN - ENGLAND Round Trip 11 days (including 3 days spent in Cape Town) May 4th to 15th, 1936 — Mrs. Amy Mollison. KING'S CUP AIR RACE-1936 WON BY MR. CHARLES GARDNER IN A PERCIVAL "VEGA GULL." Speed Record (for the third year in succession) by Captain E. W. Percival in a Percival "Mew Gull" — average for the whole course 208.91 m.p.h. ••"HIHHIHHHISHHMIHHVHHSB a (20 GROSVENOR PLACE, LONDON, S.W.I. Phone: SLOANE 3274 PERCIVAL AIRCRAFT LTD-, CaW«: "PERGULL LONDON." ""' ' ~ Phone: GRAVESEND 1498 Works: GRAVESEND AIRPORT Full details of all models on request) Kindly mention "Flight" when corresponding with advertisers.
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