Aeroplane Monthly 1979-07 / R.Riding - Grahame-White G.W.E.6 Bantam /British pre-war ultralights/

The two photographs right and lower right show the G.W.E.6A in its original form, with flat-topped rudder and curved centre-section cutout. Note the ailerons on the upper wing only.

Aeroplane Monthly 1979-07 / R.Riding - Grahame-White G.W.E.6 Bantam /British pre-war ultralights/

The G.W.E.6A with revised rudder

Aeroplane Monthly 1979-07 / R.Riding - Grahame-White G.W.E.6 Bantam /British pre-war ultralights/

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: K-150   [4]

View of G.W.E.6, K-150, finished in yellow with blue trim.

Aeroplane Monthly 1990-03 / Personal album. Civil

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: K-150   [4]

Another Grahame-White G.W.E.6 Bantam, K-150, later to become G-EAFK, taking part in the 1919 Aerial Derby at Hendon in June 1919. Numbered 2 for the event, K-150 was flown by Capt P.R.T. Chamberlayne but forced-landed at Epsom. The following month the same pilot crashed K-150 into a hangar at Hendon and wrote the biplane off.

Aviation Historian 1 / P.Jarrett - Under the windstocking

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: K-150   [4]

At the end of the First World War many aircraft manufacturers had high hopes of launching successful civil aircraft to sustain their business, but the glut of cheap war-surplus machines thwarted their plans. One victim was the Grahame-White Aviation Company’s G.W.E.6 Bantam, a single-seat sporting biplane designed by M. Boudot and powered by an 80 h.p. le Rhone rotary engine. Three were built, the first being K150, seen here at Hendon in 1919, where it met its end when it crashed into a hangar on July 6 that year.
The Graham White Bantam (K150) was an experimental light plane designed by M. E. Bondot and built in 1919. Powered by an 80-h.p Le Rhone rotary, the Bantam had a maximum speed of 102 m.p.h. for an a.u.w. of 995 lb. Stall 40 m.p.h., duration 2 hrs. and empty weight 640 lb. Span 20 ft., length 16 ft. 6 in., and wing area 130 sq. ft.

Aeroplane Monthly 1979-07 / R.Riding - Grahame-White G.W.E.6 Bantam /British pre-war ultralights/

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: K-153   [2]

Two Bantams, with K-153 in the background, lined up for the start of the Fourth Aerial Derby at Hendon on June 21, 1919.

Aeroplane Monthly 1979-07 / R.Riding - Grahame-White G.W.E.6 Bantam /British pre-war ultralights/

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: K-150   [4]

Aeroplane Monthly 1990-03 / Personal album. Civil

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: K-153   [2]

In the foreground is BAT F.K.23 Bantam K-155, later G-EAFN, carrying the racing number 5. This and other Bantams were raced at Hendon weekends during 1919, Cyril Turner invariably flying K-155, which was owned by the British Aerial Transport Company Ltd. K-155's registration was allowed to lapse in June 1920. The engine was a 170h.p. ABC Wasp. Behind K-155 may he seen another Bantam, this time a Grahame-White G.W.E.6A Bantam, registered K-153, later G-EAFL. The 20ft span biplane was powered by an 80 h.p. le Rhone rotary.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: BAT FK-22 / FK-23 Bantam - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1917

Aeroplane Monthly 1979-07 / R.Riding - Grahame-White G.W.E.6 Bantam /British pre-war ultralights/

The G.W.E.6A, dwarfed by the G.W.E.9 Ganymede bomber at Hendon in 1919.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Grahame-White E.IV Ganymede - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1918

Air Pictorial 1956-01 / Photos by request

By the nose of the Ganymede is the 20-ft.-span Grahame-White Bantam sporting biplane (80-h.p. Le Rhone).

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Grahame-White E.IV Ganymede - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1918

Aeroplane Monthly 1979-07 / R.Riding - Grahame-White G.W.E.6 Bantam /British pre-war ultralights/

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-EAFL   [2]

The G.W.E.6A Bantam, G-EAFL, at Shoreham after being acquired by F. G. Miles in 1926. Note the Gnat Aero Company logo on the fin.

Aeroplane Monthly 1979-10 / D.Brown - Wings over Sussex (2)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-EAFL   [2]

This incident involving Bantam G-EAFL and Bellairs' Avian G-EBVA is thought to have occurred in the summer of 1928.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Avro Avian / Type 594/616 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1926

Aeroplane Monthly 1979-07 / R.Riding - Grahame-White G.W.E.6 Bantam /British pre-war ultralights/

Grahame-White GWE.6 Bantam