Editing Hiram Maxim (section)

==Grahame-White, Blériot, and Maxim Company==
In 1911, Maxim headed the newly formed [[Grahame-White]], [[Louis Blériot|Blériot]], and Maxim Company, founded with the two aviators and two hundred thousand pounds of capital.<ref>{{cite news |title=Maxim Leads Air Company. Grahame-White, Bleriot and Maxim Company with $1,000,000 Capital. |quote=Sir Hiram Maxim, who has just resigned from the ordnance firm with which his name has been for so long connected, will be the Chairman of a new company to be known as the Grahame-White, Bleriot, and Maxim Company, limited, with a total authorized capital of 200,000 ($1,000,000.) |newspaper=New York Times |date=29 March 1911 |page=1 |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9B00E6DB1439E333A2575AC2A9659C946096D6CF}}</ref>
He had hoped to produce military aircraft capable of scouting or dropping a {{convert|500|lb|kg|adj=mid}} bomb, but his failing health and financial difficulties with his other enterprises restricted his ability to develop this enterprise before his death.<ref>"Sir Hiram Maxim's Resignation. The Inventor And Aviation", ''The Times'', 23 March 1911.</ref>