Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,259 pages of information and 244,500 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.
Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.
Note: This is a sub-section of William Beardmore and Co: Aircraft.
The Air Ministry's prize was gained by the Beardmore Wee Bee monoplane fitted with a Bristol Cherub engine of 24 hP. This machine flew a total distance during the trials of 737.5 miles in a total time of 11 hours 54 minutes 41 seconds and attained speed of 70.11 mph during the high-speed test.
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