Aviation career Claude Grahame-White

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white s nieuport iv circa 1912


on 2 july 1910, claude grahame-white, in farman iii biplane, won £1,000 first prize aggregate duration in flight (1 hr 23 min 20 secs) @ midlands aviation meeting @ wolverhampton. in same year won gordon bennett aviation cup race in belmont park, long island, new york, awarded gold medal of royal aero club.


on 14 october 1910 while in washington, d.c. grahame-white flew farman biplane on city , landed on west executive avenue near white house. rather being arrested grahame-white applauded feat newspapers.


he known activities related commercialisation of aviation, , involved in promoting military application of air power before first world war campaign called wake britain , experimenting fitting various weapons , bombs aircraft. during war flew first night patrol mission against expected german raid on 5 september 1914.


in 1911 established flying school @ hendon aerodrome. in 1912 grahame-white gave h.g. wells first flight. aerodrome lent admiralty (1916), , taken on raf in 1919. grahame-white s aerodrome purchased raf in 1925, after protracted legal struggle. after lost interest in aviation, moving nice in old age, died in 1959 having made fortune in property development in uk , us.



grahame-white factory interior, reconstructed @ raf museum london


hendon aerodrome later became raf hendon after flying ceased there in 1960s largely redeveloped housing estate named grahame park in tribute grahame-white. original world war grahame-white aircraft factory hangar relocated few years ago raf museum, houses museum s world war collection , named grahame white factory.


grahame-white co-founder of aerofilms limited in 1919.








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