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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. | 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. | ||
[http://www.youngeagles.org/wallpaper/GeeBee_wallpaper1600.jpg 1600 by 1200 wallpaper] | [http://www.youngeagles.org/wallpaper/GeeBee_wallpaper1600.jpg 1600 by 1200 wallpaper] (from [http://www.youngeagles.org/wallpaper/ here]) | ||
[[ | [[File: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== | == External link == | ||
*[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]] |
Revision as of 18:02, 8 March 2011
Type | One engine piston racer |
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Author(s) | Emmanuel Baranger (3D), Pierre Geoffroy (FDM) |
FDM | YASim |
--aircraft= | geebee |
Status | Unknown |
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.
1600 by 1200 wallpaper (from here)