Grahame-White

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 aircraft of its own design, including the successful Type XV, but during World War I produced Morane-Saulnier 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
 * Grahame-White Type 18
 * Grahame-White G.W.19 (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.