PERCIVAL MEW GULL
- Single-seat sporting and racing monoplane, first flown in March 1934.
Six built by 1937, of which three in UK at outbreak of war. A scheme to
fit pairs of Vickers 0.303-in (7.7-mm) machine guns to each of these for
use as 'panic' fighters in 1940 did not proceed. Percival Mew Gull G-AFAA
reportedly loaned to de Havilland at Hatfield (possibly for propeller
development), severely damaged in forced landing in 1940, and subsequently
written off. The engine was a 205 hp DH Gipsy Six Srs II.
Max. speed, 235 mph (378 kmlh).
Gross weight, 2,125 Ib (964 kg). Span, 22 ft 9 in (6.93 m). Length, 20
ft 3 in (6.17m).
