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Grahame-White Type XIII

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102:. It was a conventional single-bay biplane with staggered wings of equal span braced by N-struts. The forward fuselage featured a highly streamlined aluminium engine cowling, with the rest of the construction being wood and fabric. The landing gear consisted of twin pontoons, with a small third pontoon carried beneath the tail. 265: 407: 95: 422: 392: 105:
The Circuit of Britain was cancelled due to the outbreak of World War I, and the sole Type XIII built was later converted into a landplane.
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Index

Grahame-White Aviation Company
Daily Mail
Circuit of Britain
Claude Grahame-White
Gnome Monosoupape
"The "Round Britain" Machines"
Flight
"The "Round Britain" Machines: The Grahame-White Tractor Biplane"
Flight
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Grahame-White
Baby
Type VI
Type VII Popular Biplane
Type VIII
Type X
Type XI
Type XII
Type XIII
Type XIV
Type XV
Type 18
Type 19
Type 20
Type 21
G.W.E.4 Ganymede
G.W.E.6 Bantam
G.W.E.7

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