Griffith Brewer (23 July 1867 – 1 March 1948)[1] was an English balloonist, aviator and patent agent.
[2] On 8 October 1908 at Camp d'Auvours, France, 11 kilometers east of Le Mans, Griffith flew as a passenger with Wilbur Wright.
[3][4][1][2] Prior to this, Griffith had been a doubter about the chances of heavier-than-air machines being at all successful for flying.
But after this flight in 1908, and the demonstrations by them, he became a close friend and supporter of the Wright brothers and made many trips to the United States to visit them.
This meant that British aircraft manufacturers were free of the threat of litigation.