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The Grahame-White G.W.E.6 Bantam was a British single-seat sporting biplane, designed by M Boudot and built by Grahame-White Aviation Company at Hendon.


General Arrangement

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Development

The Bantam was a conventional biplane powered by a nose-mounted 80 hp (60 kW) Le Rhône rotary engine with a single open cockpit.Jackson 1974, page 316 Two aircraft took part in the 1919
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Hendon Aerodrome Hendon Aerodrome was an aerodrome in London, England, that was an important centre for aviation from 1908 to 1968. It was situated in Colindale, north west of Charing Cross. It nearly became a central hub of civil aviation ("the Charing Cros ...
, but neither finished the race. A third example was flown in South Africa in the 1920s.


Specifications

* Service ceiling: 17,000 ft * Rate of climb: 1,100 ft/min


Notes


References

* * Contemporary technical description with photographs and drawings. *“The birthplace of aerial power”, Authors: Claude Grahame-White & Harry Harper. June


External links

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