Sunday, September 22, 2013

22 September 1913

The Grahame-White Type X Charabanc (powered at first by a 120 hp (89 kW) Austro-Daimler engine) was built to meet the demand for passenger-carrying flights which could not be satisfied by the existing two-seat designs. Flown by Louis Noel with seven passengers aboard, it set a British world record on 22 September 1913.

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