Claude Grahame-White
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Just a Heads up.
Program tonight on BBC2 21:00 Brick by Brick.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00qq5tc
The story of the building he used, taken down and relocated to the RAF museum at Hendon.
A true pioneer of aviation, so much so I had never heard of him and is often the case
treated in a shabby way after the Great War.
Program tonight on BBC2 21:00 Brick by Brick.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00qq5tc
The story of the building he used, taken down and relocated to the RAF museum at Hendon.
A true pioneer of aviation, so much so I had never heard of him and is often the case
treated in a shabby way after the Great War.
Second that. A bit of a forgotten hero - possibly because he didn't bounce back in the 1920s like the other British manufacturers (Sopwith, De Havilland, Handley-Paghe etc).
What they didn't really say is that none of Grahame-White's designs were ever purchased by the Admiralty or the Army. During WW1 the bulk of the manufacturing at the factory was of other opeople's designs.
What they didn't really say is that none of Grahame-White's designs were ever purchased by the Admiralty or the Army. During WW1 the bulk of the manufacturing at the factory was of other opeople's designs.
I was reading a bit of sci-fi with ear plugs in for the first 20 minutes of this thinking it was yet another location-location/restoration/placeinthesun/grand-designs borefest.
However an increasing number of aeroplanes in my peripheral vision caused me to pay attention and it was really very good.
They didn't say what became of him but according to Wikipedia he died in Nice in 1959 at the age of 79, presumably a little bitter.
However an increasing number of aeroplanes in my peripheral vision caused me to pay attention and it was really very good.
They didn't say what became of him but according to Wikipedia he died in Nice in 1959 at the age of 79, presumably a little bitter.
Thanks for that, just finished watching on iplayer. The aviation connection was enough of an interest for me but I'm almost as interested in the preservation of things like buildings so this was doubly enjoyable.
If you are interested in old buildings and you are within travel distance of Cardiff then I can highly recommend the museum at St Fagans where there is a great collection of buildings, some dating back a good few hundred years, that have been dismantled and rebuilt there.
If you are interested in old buildings and you are within travel distance of Cardiff then I can highly recommend the museum at St Fagans where there is a great collection of buildings, some dating back a good few hundred years, that have been dismantled and rebuilt there.
Eric Mc said:
What they didn't really say is that none of Grahame-White's designs were ever purchased by the Admiralty or the Army. During WW1 the bulk of the manufacturing at the factory was of other opeople's designs.
I was wondering why I'd never heard of a Graham-White aeroplane... they should have said which marques he actually made. But then great play was made of a drawing office, more so than a factory.It was evident that not much of the original building actually survived the move, but I suppose 10% is better than nothing.
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