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Grahame-White was an early British aircraft manufacturer, flying school and later manufacturer of
* Grahame-White Baby
* Grahame-White Type VI
* Grahame-White Type VII Popular
* Grahame-White Type X Charabanc
* Grahame-White Type XI
* Grahame-White Type XIII Circuit of Britain biplane/scout
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From 1920 onwards a very basic two-seat 3.3 hp type with air-cooled single-cylinder engine of 348 cc capacity was offered. It had a two-speed transmission with final chain drive. The car had quarter elliptical spring suspension front and rear as well as flex in the wood frame and seat cushions. In 1921 a 7 hp type with a Coventry Victor twin-cylinder engine (capacity: 689 cc) and friction drive was added for one year only followed in 1924 by a four-cylinder 10 hp type with a Dorman engine of 1,094 cc, but very few were made. The final Angus-Sanderson cars were also made in the factory.
cyclecar
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s.
The company was established as ''Grahame-White Aviation Company'' by Claude Grahame-White
Claude Grahame-White (21 August 1879 – 19 August 1959) was an English pioneer of aviation, and the first to make a night flight, during the ''Daily Mail''-sponsored 1910 London to Manchester air race.
Early life
Claude Grahame-White was born ...
at Hendon in 1911. The firm built mostly aircraft of its own design, including the successful Type XV, but during World War I produced Morane-Saulnier
Aéroplanes Morane-Saulnier was a French aircraft manufacturing company formed in October 1911 by Raymond Saulnier (1881–1964) and the Morane brothers, Léon (1885–1918) and Robert (1886–1968). The company was taken over and diversified ...
types under licence for the British military. The company ceased aircraft manufacturing operations in 1920.
In the same year the company was renamed ''Grahame-White Company Ltd.'' and manufactured cyclecars until 1924 when the company ceased its operations completely.
Aircraft
* Grahame-White Baby
* Grahame-White Type VI
* Grahame-White Type VII Popular
* Grahame-White Type X Charabanc
* Grahame-White Type XI
* Grahame-White Type XIII Circuit of Britain biplane/scout
* Grahame-White Type XV
The Grahame White Type XV was a military trainer biplane produced in the United Kingdom before and during World War I. It is often referred to as the Box-kite, although this name more properly describes the Grahame-White Type XII, an earlier a ...
* Grahame-White Type 18
* Grahame-White G.W.19
Grahame-White was an early British aircraft manufacturer, flying school and later manufacturer of cyclecars.
The company was established as ''Grahame-White Aviation Company'' by Claude Grahame-White at Hendon in 1911. The firm built mostly aircra ...
(License-built Breguet Bre.5)
* Grahame-White Type 20 Scout (Prototype only)
* Grahame-White Type 21 Scout (Prototype only)
* Grahame-White Ganymede
* Grahame-White G.W.E.7
* Grahame-White Bantam
Cyclecars
From 1920 onwards a very basic two-seat 3.3 hp type with air-cooled single-cylinder engine of 348 cc capacity was offered. It had a two-speed transmission with final chain drive. The car had quarter elliptical spring suspension front and rear as well as flex in the wood frame and seat cushions. In 1921 a 7 hp type with a Coventry Victor twin-cylinder engine (capacity: 689 cc) and friction drive was added for one year only followed in 1924 by a four-cylinder 10 hp type with a Dorman engine of 1,094 cc, but very few were made. The final Angus-Sanderson cars were also made in the factory.
See also
* List of car manufacturers of the United KingdomReferences
* * * {{Aerospace industry in the United Kingdom Cyclecars Defunct aircraft manufacturers of the United Kingdom Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of England 1911 establishments in England British companies established in 1911 Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1911 Vehicle manufacture in London