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.
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, p. 316 Two aircraft took part in the 1919 Aerial Derby at Hendon Aerodrome, 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
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References
Contemporary technical description with photographs and drawings.
“The birthplace of aerial power”, Authors: Claude Grahame-White & Harry Harper. June
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