Grahame-White G.W.E.7

Grahame-White G.W.E.7
Role	Biplane airliner
National origin	United Kingdom
Manufacturer	Grahame-White Aviation Company
Designer	M Boudot
First flight	1919
Status	Destroyed
Number built	1

The Grahame-White G.W.E.7 was a British twin-engined transport biplane, designed by M Boudot and built by Grahame-White Aviation Company at Hendon.

Development

The G.W.E.7 was a luxury transport biplane with folding wings, it seated four passengers in a cabin in the nose with the pilot behind. Powered by two 320 hp (239 kW) Rolls-Royce Eagle V piston engines. The only G.W.E.7, registered G-EALR^[1] was first flown in 1919.^[2] It was damaged beyond repair in a forced landing at Hendon in the same year.^[2] The damaged remains were burned in 1920.^[2]

Specifications

Data from British Civil Aircraft since 1919, Volume 2^[2]

General characteristics

• Crew: 2
• Capacity: 4
• Length: 39 ft 0 in (11.89 m)
• Wingspan: 60 ft 0 in (18.29 m)
• Empty weight: 5785 lb (2624 kg)
• Gross weight: 7947 lb (3605 kg)
• Powerplant: 2 × Rolls-Royce Eagle V piston engine, 320 hp (239 kW) each

Performance

• Maximum speed: 116 mph (186 km/h)

Notes

1. "Nationality and Registration Marks - G-EALR" (PDF). Civil Aviation Authority. Retrieved 6 September 2010.
2. Jackson 1974, p. 317

References

• Jackson, A.J. (1974). British Civil Aircraft since 1919 Volume 2. London: Putnam. p. 382. ISBN 0-370-10010-7.

External links

• "The Grahame-White "Aero-Limousine"" (PDF). Flight XI (37): 1214–1218. 11 September 1919. No. 559. Retrieved 12 January 2011. Contemporary technical description of the G.W.E.7 (here called the "Aero-Limousine") with photographs and drawings.