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Y configuration engine and offered for sale at a price of less than £400. Despite its low price the aircraft included structural refinements such as hollow-section interplane struts. It was first flown in 1913.
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21:Grahame-White Type VII "Popular"
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70:Graham-White Type VII "Popular"
556:Single-engined pusher aircraft
97:biplane with a square section
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311:1 February 1913, pp. 112–115.
561:Aircraft first flown in 1913
546:1910s British sport aircraft
105:I-sections. To maintain the
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385:British Aircraft 1809-1914
234:600 lb (272 kg)
174:British Aircraft 1809-1914
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250:2-bladed wooden propeller
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445:Type VII Popular Biplane
372:. London: Putnam, 1982.
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213:14 ft (4.3 m)
207:28 ft (8.5 m)
180:General characteristics
541:Grahame-White aircraft
89:Design and development
78:Grahame-White Aviation
320:Bruce 1982, p. 252.
141:Operational history
93:The aircraft was a
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151:Royal Flying Corps
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242:Anzani 3-cylinder
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535:Categories
362:References
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470:Type XIII
450:Type VIII
383:Lewis, P
193:Capacity:
171:Data from
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49:Designer
551:Biplanes
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465:Type XII
425:aircraft
119:elevator
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500:Type 21
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480:Type XV
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271:4 hours
224:Airfoil
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278:Notes
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62:1913
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374:ISBN
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