Hall’s Wasp Jr.-powered Bulldog looked somewhat like a red-and-black Gee Bee with high-mounted gull wings, but required extensive and repeated rudder modification, and Thaw refused to fly it, claiming, “the ship is not my idea of a racer.” Hall had missed the Bendix wrangling with ...
History Perhaps the best known of all “Golden Age” American racing airplanes, the Gee Bee was produced by the five Granville Brothers and their associates. The “Gee Bee” name was derived from the initials of the manufacturers. Bold and radical in concept, the Gee Bee R-1 racer was bui...
Wolf Aircraft Cyclone-Bee Gee Racer. Cyclone is a two place unlimited monoplane powered by a Pratt and Whitney R-985 450 hp engine. Cyclone is a monoplane that features a composite wing. Cyclone was completed by Steve Wolf in 1989 and is currently owned by Frank V. Rider who performs in...
Several years ago a top New England (US) flyer built a couple of popular Golden Age Reproductions flying scale models. One was the Megow 20″ span Caudron C460 Racer (plan availablehere) and the other a 25″ wingspan Scientific Curtiss Robin. They were fabulous flyers with flight times of ...
Several years ago a top New England (US) flyer built a couple of popular Golden Age Reproductions flying scale models. One was the Megow 20″ span Caudron C460 Racer (plan availablehere) and the other a 25″ wingspan Scientific Curtiss Robin. They were fabulous flyers with flight times of...