The Flight of the Mew Gull
Inspired by the article in this month's Aeroplane monthly I have just finished re-reading Alex Henshaw's account of his 1939 record breaking flight to the Cape and back in the Percival Mw Gull which is now at Breighton.
As I understand it the record remains unbroken today and was wondering why nobody had attempted to beat it. He was clearly operating at the limits of man/machine performance in 1939 but I would have thought things would have improved since then. There seem to be plenty of round the world flights but it surprises me that nobody has risen to the challenge before now.
Anybody have any thoughts on whether it might be feasible today and in what?
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