AVIATION AWARD
TROPHY FOR CAPTAIN PERCIVAL. United Press Association —Copyright 1 (Received This Day, 9.40 a.m.) LONDON, November 5. The Guild of Air Pilots awarded its Johnston Memorial Trophy for the most meritorious British air feat in 1935 to Captain E. W. Percival, for his flight from London to Oran and back in, June. A London cablegram dated June 17 stated: Captain Percival, flying a three seater Gull monoplane of his own design, left Gravesend at 1.30 a.m. in an attempt to fly to Oran, in Algeria, and back the same day. ■ He reached Oran at 8.40 a.m., having covered 1300 miles at a speed of 180 m.p.h. .He returned to Croydon at 6.30 p.m., after averaging 160 miles an hour on the outward journey and 156 on the return trip. Captain Percival, an Australian, who has lived for a time in England, produced his first Gull low-wing monoplane in 1932, and has since made many improvements to it.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 56, Issue 21, 6 November 1935, Page 5
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