Thank you John, that’s really excellent! The colour really was ‘pea green’ wasn’t it! To have that kind of colour documentation from someone who knew the aircraft is very much appreciated.

Thank you,

Jon

Thanks Planemike and Snoopy.

So would you agree with my assessment of the 3-views?
1. Gull Six (G-ADPR)
2. Vega Gull (it has the centre panel on the windscreen)
3. Gull Six

Thanks guys… I seem to have worked out at least one source of the confusion:

The aircraft I’m particularly interested in is Jean Battens Gull G-ADPR. In some places this aircraft is referred to as a Vega Gull when it was actually a Gull Six.

She flew the Atlantic in G-ADPR in November 1935, while the Vega Gull prototype first flew in the same month.

Beryl Markham flew a Vega Gull however.

Just to add to the confusion there is a P.28 Proctor I (also mislabelled as a Proctor III) flying as ZK-DPP in New Zealand that “has been modified to look like a ‘Vega Gull’ ” … even though G-ADPR wasn’t a Vega Gull…….. :eek::eek:

That’s without even looking at the available 3-views, one of which is labelled a Vega Gull 6… :rolleyes:

I have what seems to be an accurate Gull Four drawing, so I will have to compare the wingspan of that to the others, as it was the same wing as the Gull Six. I’d guess any 3-view that shows a wider fuselage and greater wingspan will be a Vega Gull…

Thank you very much John! I have nearly finished designing a balsa and tissue free flight rubber powered model of G-AAYW. That kind of information makes the process even more enjoyable… my grandfather worked on gypsy engines in Dominies (Dragan Rapides) during the war.

I seem to remember G-AAYW ended up in a pond. Have I got that right?

Jon