The Percival Mew Gull was a British racing aircraft of the 1930s, a small single-engined, single-seat, low-wing monoplane of wooden construction usually powered by a six-cylinder de Havilland Gipsy Six piston engine. Edgar Percival developed it as a dedicated racer after the success of the Percival Gull, and the prototype first flew in March 1934 with a Napier Javelin engine before being re-engined. Only five or six were built, in E1, E2, E2H and E3H forms, but in the second half of the 1930s they dominated British air racing, won the King Cup in 1937 and set long-distance records. The final E3H reached 265 miles per hour on 205 horsepower.
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Edgar Percival developed a smaller dedicated racer, and designated the type the E1
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The prototype, G-ACND, first flew in March 1934
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normally powered by a six-cylinder de Havilland Gipsy Six piston engine
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Edgar Percival developed a smaller dedicated racer, and designated the type the E1
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First flown in March 1934 in the prototype of the Percival Mew Gull racing aircraft
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