Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 167,710 pages of information and 247,104 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.

Richard Norton Wight

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1913 29th June. Died at Shoreham when flying an Avro tractor biplane (60 hp ENV engine). He was an inexperienced pilot who against his instructors warning Arthur Edward Geere, made a turn with a failing engine. In the crash he was burnt to his death.

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Sources of Information

The History of British Aviation 1908-14 by R. Dallas Brett. Published c1930.