Previously G-BWLM

last flown as G-BLWM

Replica on display in the Grahame-White Factory at RAF Museum Hendon.

This is a replica of an aircraft that first flew in July 1916 and 125 of which were built. Despite being much faster than any of the opposing German 'eindeckers' they were considered to be less safe than bi or tri planes with landing speeds too high for the small French airfields from which they were likely to operate. The reasons were more due to a prejudice against monoplanes prevelant in the period though downward visibility was poor and a problem. Previously G-BLWM

The M.1 fighter was an advanced aircraft when it first flew in 1916. Due to wariness about its monoplane configuration and landing speed, it was built in limited numbers and only saw some frontline service in the Middle East and Balkans theatres of WWI. This replica made a few flights in 1987. It was then acquired by the RAF Museum, given an original Le Rhône engine and painted as an aircraft of an instructor flying school of the RFC, C4994.