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The Grahame-White Baby was an early British aircraft designed by pioneer aviator Claude Grahame-White in 1910.




Design


The Grahame White Baby was a single-seat biplane pusher, of the then orthodox "Farman" layout, with a frontal elevator and a rear-mounted empennage consisting of a biplane horizontal stabilisers with single elevator mounted on the top surface and a single central rudder. As the name suggests, it was considerably smaller than most contemporary aircraft of a similar layout, having a wingspan of only 27 ft (8.2 m). In comparison, the wingspan of a standard Bristol Boxkite was 34 ft 6 in (10.5 m). An unusual feature of the aircraft was the mounting for the 50 hp (37 kW) Gnome rotary engine, which was mounted on a pair of angled beams so that the engine was midway between the upper and lower wings.
The Burgess Company in the United States purchased a licence to build it as the Model E.




Specifications


Data from Lewis 1962, p. 275General characteristics
Crew: 1
Capacity: 1
Length: 31 ft 9 in (9.68 m)
Wingspan: 27 ft 1 in (8.25 m)
Height: 8 ft 6 in (2.59 m)
Powerplant: 1 × Gnome , 50 hp (37 kW)
Performance

Maximum speed: 55 mph (89 km/h, 48 kn)
Endurance: 4 hours




See also



Related development

Burgess E
Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era

Bristol Boxkite
Short S 27




References


Notes

Bibliography
Lewis, P. British Aircraft 1809-1914 London, Putnam 1962
Taylor M.J. H. Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation.London: Studio Editions, 1989
Flugsport 1911
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