The Charabanc was built by the Grahame-White company to meet the demand for passenger-carrying flights, which could not be satisfied by the existing two-seat designs.

An elongated nacelle mounted on the lower wing housed the pilot in the front, plus four passengers in two rows of two seats behind.

It first flew in 1913, powered by a 120 hp (89 kW) Austro-Daimler engine, and in this form was flown by Louis Noel with seven passengers aboard to set a British world record on 22 September 1913.

On 2 October 1913, he set a world record in carrying nine passengers, staying aloft for nearly twenty minutes.

[3] Data from The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985), 1985, Orbis Publishing, Page 1998General characteristics Performance