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|image =Gee_Bee.jpg
|name =Gee Bee
|name =Gee Bee
|livery=  
|livery=  
|type = 1 engine piston racer
|type = One engine piston racer
|authors =  
|authors = Emmanuel Baranger (3D), Pierre Geoffroy (FDM)
|fdm =  
|fdm = YASim
|status = CVS
|status =
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|fgname = geebee
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The '''Gee Bee Model R Super Sportster''' (also known as the '''GB Sportster'''), sometimes nicknamed '''''The Flying Silo''''' due to the short, fat fuselage resembling that type of farm storage building, was a special purpose racing [[aircraft]] made by Granville Brothers Aircraft of Springfield, Massachusetts. Gee Bee stands for Granville Brothers.


A piston-engined racing aircraft of the 1930s.
[[Image:Gee_Bee_cockpit.jpg|thumb|270px|The Gee Bees cockpit. Note the bad outside view, especially to the ground, as this shot was taken during taxi.]]
 
==External link==
CVS directory  <tt> /data/Aircraft/Gee-Bee </tt>
 
 
 
[http://www.youngeagles.org/wallpaper/GeeBee_wallpaper1600.jpg 1600 by 1200 wallpaper] (from [http://www.youngeagles.org/wallpaper/ here])
 
 
==Links==
*[[Table of models]]
*[http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/lab/4515/index3.html Gee Bee fan site]
*[http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/lab/4515/index3.html Gee Bee fan site]


[[Category:Aircraft]]
[[Category:Aircraft]]
[[Category:Racer]]
[[Category:Racer]]

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