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The Gee Bee Model R Super Sportster was a special purpose racing aircraft made by Granville Brothers Aircraft of Springfield, Massachusetts. Gee Bee stands for Granville Brothers.
The R-1 won the 1932 Thompson Trophy race, piloted by Jimmy Doolittle. He also set a new world landplane speed record of 476 km/h (296 mph) in the Shell Speed Dash.
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General Characteristics
- Successors 1 airplane(s)
- Created On iOS
- Wingspan 32.5ft (9.9m)
- Length 19.3ft (5.9m)
- Height 12.2ft (3.7m)
- Empty Weight 5,218lbs (2,367kg)
- Loaded Weight 6,146lbs (2,788kg)
Performance
- Power/Weight Ratio 2.193
- Wing Loading 31.3lbs/ft2 (153.0kg/m2)
- Wing Area 196.2ft2 (18.2m2)
- Drag Points 3478
Parts
- Number of Parts 109
- Control Surfaces 7
- Performance Cost 309
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30.9k SpikeryaGreat aircraft except for its record... (if ya know what i mean...) otherwise a very historical racing aircraft from 1932... mind if i upgrade its engine for ethnic purposes i will see to it that i mention you when i post it back up9.0 years ago
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2,810 TheBoeingEngineerAwesome. Just plain awesome9.1 years ago
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0 SimplePlanesGrandfatherThis rating has been grandfathered in from the old rating system.9.4 years ago
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0 SimplePlanesGrandfatherThis rating has been grandfathered in from the old rating system.9.4 years ago
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0 SimplePlanesGrandfatherThis rating has been grandfathered in from the old rating system.9.4 years ago
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0 SimplePlanesGrandfatherThis rating has been grandfathered in from the old rating system.9.4 years ago
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0 SimplePlanesGrandfatherThis rating has been grandfathered in from the old rating system.9.4 years ago
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0 SimplePlanesGrandfatherThis rating has been grandfathered in from the old rating system.9.4 years ago
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5,093 FauxRealestBrilliant recreation! Flies flawlessly, even angles up on takeoff as the original. Very good job, handles just as clunky as the original9.4 years ago
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77 DkincaMan it flys amazing!!! I think I might take the dihedral out and see what it does! Stand up job!9.4 years ago
