Born in 1901 at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, C.H. Lowe-Wylde built his first glider at the age of 14. On 3 January 1930 he founded the Kent Gliding Club, then designed the first British Primary glider, the B.A.C.1, which was thwn built bu members of the Kent Club.
The British Aircraft Company (1935) Ltd was founded by C.H. Lowe-Wylde in 1930, the company set up a factory in a disused brewery in Lower Stone Street, Maidstone, Kent, UK.
The British Aircraft Company (1935) Ltd. built a series of eight glider types in the early 1930s. In 1932 one was fitted with landing gear and a Douglas motorcycle engine driving a pusher propeller. A small number were produced before designer and company owner C. H. Lowe Wylde was killed while flying the initial conversion on 13 May 1933. Company taken over by Austrian pilot Robert Kronfeld, becoming Kronfeld Ltd.
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