Claude Grahame-White
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Grahame-White with his Blériot monoplane at the Harvard-Boston Aero Meet
Scene after Grahame-White's airplane is tipped over by a gust of wind in 1912; as shown in Flight. Part of the Hendon Aviation Meetings
Claude Grahame-White, an early aviator ran flying school; established Grahame-White Aviation Co. in UK, 1909.
Grahame-White competed in the Harvard-Boston Aero Meet and won $100,000 in prizes in the US that year. The Wright Company sued him for using for using aircraft (Farman and Blériot types) which they claimed infringed on their patent, and succeeded in getting a court injunction requiring Grahame-White to pay royalties.[1]
British patent data has him as Managing Director of the Grahame-White Aviation Co., Ltd., located at The London Aerodrome, Hendon, London, N.W. and filing in collaboration with Harold Ingram Sidgwick.[2]
Sources
- Gunston, 1993, p132
- Gunston, 2005, pF194
- SD139
Patents whose inventor or applicant is Claude Grahame-White
- Patent GB-1918-130430 (English title: Dual control mechanism for aircraft, Filing date: 1918-02-23)
- Patent GB-1919-130430 (Filing date: 1918-02-23)
- Patent GB-1918-130431 (English title: Dual control mechanism for aircraft, Filing date: 1918-02-23)
Publications by or about Claude Grahame-White
- Grahame-White, 1910, A machine for Mr. Grahame-White (Simple title: A machine for Mr. Grahame-White, Journal: The Aero)
- Grahame-White, 1910, Better aeroplane engines (Simple title: Better aeroplane engines, Journal: Aircraft)
- Grahame-White, 1910, Dawn (Simple title: Dawn, Journal: Aero)
- Grahame-White, 1910, Flight from War Department to Bennings (Simple title: Flight from War Department to Bennings, Journal: Aeronautics)
- Grahame-White, 1910, Grahame-White's Henry Farman biplane (Simple title: Grahame-White's Henry Farman biplane, Journal: Flight)
- Grahame-White, 1910, Mr. Grahame-White's plans (Simple title: Mr. Grahame-White's plans, Journal: Aero)
- Grahame-White, 1910, Some experiences of an aviator. How one man learned to fly with a Blériot (Simple title: Some experiences of an aviator. How one man learned to fly with a Blériot, Journal: Scient. Amer. Suppl.)
- Grahame-White, 1910, The Aerial League's presentation to Mr. Grahame-White (Simple title: The Aerial League's presentation to Mr. Grahame-White, Journal: Aero)
- Grahame-White, 1910, The Grahame-White monoplane (Simple title: The Grahame-White monoplane, Journal: Aero)
- Grahame-White, 1910, The Royal Aero Club welcome of Mr. Claude Grahame-White. Mr. Grahame-White speaks on international aviation (Simple title: The Royal Aero Club welcome of Mr. Claude Grahame-White. Mr. Grahame-White speaks on international aviation, Journal: Aero)
- Grahame-White, 1911, Grahame-White with Nieuport is Boston star (Simple title: Grahame-White with Nieuport is Boston star, Journal: Aero)
- Grahame-White, 1911, Grahame-White's Gordon Bennett racer, etc. (Simple title: Grahame-White's Gordon Bennett racer, etc., Journal: Flight)
- Grahame-White, 1911, Hendon-Brooklands-Hendon (Simple title: Hendon-Brooklands-Hendon, Journal: Flight)
- Publication B2p0953e01, 1911, Mr. Claude Grahame-White in America, etc (Simple title: Mr. Claude Grahame-White in America, etc, Journal: Flight)
- Grahame-White, 1911, Mr. Grahame-White's New Baby biplane, etc (Simple title: Mr. Grahame-White's New Baby biplane, etc, Journal: Flight)
- Grahame-White, 1911, One of the latest Grahame-White biplanes (Simple title: One of the latest Grahame-White biplanes, Journal: Flight)
- Grahame-White, 1911, The Grahame-White baby biplane. Some details of an interesting little machine (Simple title: The Grahame-White baby biplane. Some details of an interesting little machine, Journal: Aero)
- Grahame-White, 1911, The Grahame-White New Baby biplane (Simple title: The Grahame-White New Baby biplane, Journal: Aero)
- Grahame-White, 1911, The New Baby biplane (Simple title: The New Baby biplane, Journal: Flight)
- Grahame-White, 1911, The story of the aeroplane (Simple title: The story of the aeroplane, Journal: Fly Magazine)
- Grahame-White, 1911, White gets liberty prize (Simple title: White gets liberty prize, Journal: Aero)
- Grahame-White, 1912, Aviation (Simple title: Aviation, Journal: Aer. Journ.)
- Grahame-White, 1912, Grahame White. . . ist in einem Konflikt mit den Brüdern Wright geraten (Simple title: Grahame White got into a conflict with the Wright brothers, Journal: Wiener Luftsch. Zeit.)
- Grahame-White and Harper, 1912, Heroes of the air (Simple title: Heroes of the air)
- Grahame-White, 1912, Immediate developments of flight (Simple title: Immediate developments of flight, Journal: Aero Club of America Bulletin)
- Grahame-White, 1912, Mr. R. T. Gates on the Grahame-White biplane, etc (Simple title: Mr. R. T. Gates on the Grahame-White biplane, etc, Journal: Flight)
- Grahame-White & Harper, 1912, The Aeroplane in War (Simple title: The Aeroplane in War)
- Grahame-White, 1912, The Grahame-White machine (Simple title: The Grahame-White machine, Journal: Flight)
- Grahame-White, 1913, Scale drawings of the 35 H. P. Grahame-White Popular biplane (Simple title: Scale drawings of the 35 H. P. Grahame-White Popular biplane, Journal: Aircraft)
- Grahame-White, 1913, The 35-H. P. Grahame-White Popular biplane (Simple title: The 35-H. P. Grahame-White Popular biplane, Journal: Flight)
- Grahame-White, 1913, The Grahame-White 5-seater biplane (Simple title: The Grahame-White 5-seater biplane, Journal: Aero and Hydro)
- Grahame-White, 1913, The Grahame-White Aero-Char-A Bancs (Simple title: The Grahame-White Aero-Char-A Bancs, Journal: Flight)
- Grahame-White, 1913, Wants $250,000 for Atlantic flight (Simple title: Wants $250,000 for Atlantic flight, Journal: Fly)
- Grahame-White, 1914, Aircraft in the war (Simple title: Aircraft in the war, Journal: Fortnightly Review • Living Age)
- Grahame-White, 1914, The Grahame-White tractor biplane (Simple title: The Grahame-White tractor biplane, Journal: Flight)
- Grahame-White and Harper, 1915, War in the air (Simple title: War in the air, Journal: Harper's Weekly)
- Grahame-White and Harper, 1915, Zeppelin airships: their record in the war (Simple title: Zeppelin airships: their record in the war, Journal: Fortnightly Review • Living Age)
- Grahame-White, 1916, To New York by air in fifteen hours (Simple title: To New York by air in fifteen hours, Journal: Flying • Aerial Age)
- Grahame-White and Harper, 1916, Two years of aerial war (Simple title: Two years of aerial war, Journal: Fortnightly Review • Living Age)
References
| Names | Claude Grahame-White |
|---|---|
| Birth date | 1879 |
| Death date | 1959 |
| Countries | GB |
| Locations | Hendon, London |
| Occupations | aviator, managing director |
| Tech areas | Airplane |
| Affiliations | Grahame-White Aviation Co. |
| Wikidata id | Q5128871 |
