Sir Francis Chichester, KBE Size:M: 75 x 60cm Billy Casper 6th from left

Billy Casper 6th from left

View of Baynard's Castle with boats on the River Thames

Tom Lawrence Williams founded the Reliant Engineering Company in 1935

with horse drawn carriages outside

Sir Francis Chichester, KBE Size:M: 75 x 60cm Billy Casper 6th from leftSir Francis Chichester. In 1929 Francis Chichester made the second solo flight to Australia. In 1931 he made the first solo flight across the Tasman Sea from east to west in his Gipsy Moth aeroplane fitted with floats. He took up ocean sailing in 1953 and won the first solo transatlantic race in 1960 in the Gipsy Moth III, sailing from Plymouth to New York City in 40 days. In 1966 67 he sailed around the world alone in a 55 foot sailing yacht, the