Sir Francis Chichester, KBE Size:M: 75 x 60cm Tom Lawrence Williams founded the

Tom Lawrence Williams founded the Reliant Engineering Company in 1935

An Alderman of the City of London in civic costume

with horse drawn carriages outside

The same year Rolls crossed the English Channel by balloon

Sir Francis Chichester, KBE Size:M: 75 x 60cm Tom Lawrence Williams founded theSir 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