White and Thompson Co
From Graces Guide
White and Thompson was founded in 1912 to build aircraft. They later moved to their own facility at Middleton-on-Sea near Bognor in Sussex.
- The company was founded by Norman A. Thompson and Dr. Douglas White.
- The first aircraft were designed by Frederick Lanchester and built by Daimler. From 1909 to 1911, Lanchester was a consultant to the company; he gave their biplane many innovative features such as aluminium-clad wings and triangular bracing with tubular steel struts. An experimental aircraft co-designed by Lanchester did not survive its trial flight in 1911, and he abandoned the practical side of aviation.
- The company built 8 of the Type 3 two-seater anti-submarine flying boat for the RNAS
- They supplied 10 of the Bognor Bloater wooden biplanes used on coastal patrol duties.
- 1915. Thompson then struck out on his own and renamed the company Norman Thompson Flight Co.
- 1915. Agents for Curtiss.
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Sources of Information
- British Aircraft Manufacturers since 1908 by Gunter Endres. Pub 1995 ISBN 0-7110-2409-x
- AA. [1] Image courtesy of Aviation Ancestry