The Percival Gull. by blinkings
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Description
This Percival Gull monoplane is one of a few surviving examples of Australian engineer Edgar Wikner Percival’s most successful aircraft designs.
Percival was fascinated by flight from a young age, and studied engineering in Sydney. He served with the British Royal Flying Corps during the First World War and returned to Australia after the war to start a flight charter company. He was also busy working on his own aircraft designs, and moved to England to co-found the Percival Aircraft Company.
In 1932, the company began manufacturing the Gull, a three-seater, low-wing monoplane, in a number of variations. Gulls had aerodynamic light wooden frames covered with doped, or lacquered, fabric. Coupled with a selection of powerful four- or six-cylinder engines, they were faster than many air force fighters.
The aircraft above was made in 1936 at Gravesend in Kent, England. A Swiss woman, Ariane Dufaux, bought the plane and took it to Switzerland, under the registration HB-OFU, for her private use. Forty years later, the aircraft was sold to a collector in England, where it was restored and became popular on the air show circuit.
Comments (7)
blinkings
kgb224
Superb capture my friend. God bless.
Buffalo1
Thanks! I'm not familiar with this type, but it is certainly a spiffy little 1930s sport plane. A bit of research and one sees that it is the older brother of the more famous Percival Proctor of WWII.
Faemike55
This is a wonderful plane and great history
DukeNukem2005
Very good! Fantastic!
Richardphotos
very beautiful plane and capture
sossy
This plane has seen a lot of countries ☺