Percival Mew Gull

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Mew Gull
Percival Mew Gull G-AEXF at Breighton Aerodrome in 2007
General information
Type	Racing aircraft
Manufacturer	Percival Aircraft Company
Designer	Edgar Percival
Primary user	Civilian racer
Number built	5
History
Manufactured	1934–1938
First flight	March 1934
Developed from	Percival Gull

The Percival Mew Gull is a British racing aircraft of the 1930s. It is a small single-engined single-seat low-wing monoplane of wooden construction, normally powered by a six-cylinder de Havilland Gipsy Six piston engine. During the second half of the 1930s Mew Gulls dominated air-racing in the UK, consistently recorded the fastest times until the outbreak of war stopped all civilian flying in late 1939. In addition examples set many long-distance records. Its top speed was 265 mph (425 km/h) on a modest 205 hp (153 kW) in its final 1939 form.