On 28th April 1910, English pioneer aviator, Claude Grahame-White, made the first night flight in a race from London to Manchester.

Grahame-White was a true pioneer recording several firsts, and he himself was one of the first people to qualify as a pilot in England, Royal Aero Club certificate No. 6, awarded in April 1910.

Grahame-White formed the Women’s Aerial League in 1909, having taught many women to fly.

2nd July 1910: Aggregate Duration in Flight (1 hr 23 min 20 secs) at the Midlands Aviation Meeting at Wolverhampton, £1000 prize.

14 October 1910, flew his  Farman biplane over the city of Washington DC landing on West Executive Avenue near the White House.

1911 The Grahame-White Aviation Company was formed: included aerodromes and aircraft design, development, and construction.

26 September 1911, flew his monoplane ten miles at a speed of 61 and 1/2 miles per hour, winning $600.

1912, flew HG Wells in his first flight in an aeroplane.

 During World War 1 he flew the first night patrol mission against an expected German raid on 5 September 1914.

1919, a co-founder of Aerofilms Limited.

Established the first flying school at Hendon. The Aerodrome was lent to the Admiralty (1916), and eventually taken over by the RAF in 1919. Grahame-White’s aerodrome was purchased by the RAF in 1925. Hendon Aerodrome later became RAF Hendon but after flying ceased there in the 1960s it was then largely redeveloped as a housing estate which was named Grahame Park in tribute to Grahame-White.