1919 Grahame-White - The First Aero-Limousine.

1919 Grahame-White G.W.E.7 twin-engined airliner.

Air travel got a real boost in Britain directly after World War I. A half-dozen aeroplane designs were more than simply WWI craft with makeshift seats installed for hardy travelers. One was the first designed specifically to be a commercial machine. Others offered conversion comforts warranting their designations as Aero-Limousines and Pullmans.

1919 Grahame-White G.W.E.7.

One of the opening pages of the 1919 Jane’s is an ad for Grahame-White Aircraft, “Manufacturers and Designers of all types of Pleasure Aircraft.”

Grahame-White magazine ad., 1919.

This Aero-Limousine carried from four to nine passengers in its nose. The pilot sat up above in a rarity at the time, an enclosed cabin.

1919 Grahame-White G.W.E.7 cabin.

The only plane was first flown in 1919. Grahame-White flew out of the London Aerodrome, Hendon in northwest London, which is now the RAF Museum. It was damaged beyond repair in a forced landing in the same year. The damaged remains were burned in 1920.

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