The Granville Gee Bee Model Z was an American racing aircraft that was built, successfully raced to victory, then destroyed in a deadly crash – all in...
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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 at the now-abandoned...
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The Gee Bee Sportster was a family of sports aircraft built in the United States in the early 1930s by the Granville Brothers. They were low-wing strut-...
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The Gee Bee Model Y Senior Sportster was a sport aircraft built in the United States in the early 1930s by the Granville Brothers. Essentially an enlarged...
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The Gee Bee Model A was an American two-seat open cockpit single-bay biplane developed by the Granville Brothers that first flew in 1929. The Model A was...
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The Granville Gee Bee R-6 International Super Sportster, named "Q.E.D." (latin: quod erat demonstrandum "it is proven"), and later named "Conquistador...
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Massachusetts. The Granville Brothers—Zantford, Thomas, Robert, Mark and Edward—are best known for the three Gee Bee Super Sportster racers, the Models Z, R-1 and...
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List of civil aircraft (section Granville Brothers)
monoplane Granville Gee Bee Model Z Super Sportster racing monoplane Granville Gee Bee Model R Super Sportster racing monoplane Granville Gee Bee R-6 Q.E...
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Granville Gee Bee Model A Granville Gee Bee Model B Sportster Granville Gee Bee Model C Sportster Granville Gee Bee Model C-4 Fourster Granville Gee Bee...
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aircraft is modelled on the Granville Brothers Gee Bee Model Z Super Sportster, a "flying engine" which was the predecessor of the more extreme Model R. This...
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They are best known for the trophy and speed record holding Senior Sportster ("GeeBee") series of racing aircraft. During this time, Springfield pioneered...
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Racing Thompson Trophy on Air Racing History site “Doolittle Tames the Gee Bee”. Online reprint of Nov. 1994 article from Aviation History magazine. Includes...
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Granville Gee Bee Model Z Super Sportster US 1931 Thompson Trophy Granville Gee Bee Model R Super Sportster US 1932 Thompson Trophy Granville Gee Bee...
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