Gee Bee Racer Replica

[PolluteLessDotCom]

Can one assume that a replica is slightly adjusted to be less difficult to control than the original and still look pretty much the same?

[rickie5150]

ZAT-ZA SPIZY AIR-O-PLANE-A !!! (that's a spicy airplane !!!)

[cj74sa]

I only have 2 favorite planes the geebee and the P-51D mustang . 

[KHunter337]

@cj74sa I'm surprised you don't like the P-47 razorback since you like the GEE BEE.

[Walletofmoths]

Ace!



[TARSOUFPA]

espetacularrrrrrr

[icu123abc]

I wanted to watch it land.

[ladamanias]

At the beginning is the red plane MIG - 17 replica or original ?

[chubsmagoo]

@ladamanias original.

[brokenspar]

Delmar's Gee Bee R-2 REPLICA was sold to Kermit Weeks and is on display at the aviation museum in Polk City, Florida along with the a REPLICA od the Gee Bee Z Model. The REPLICA of the Z Model that flew in Disney's movie "The Rocketeer" was on display at the Chino museum then the museum in Santa Monica and now on display in the Seattle Museum of Flight.

[MGB1977Red]

The GB rolls and knife-edges beautifully as there is more area in the fuselage than wing. The rudder is super powerful so easy does it! The Hughes racer had a narrow diameter twin row radial which made the fuselage a more manageable size. The early long stroke radials had a lot of power but had huge frontal area.

[amzfreak]

that pilot had to have so balls to fly th thing

[sosome57]

Radials are the best! B-25s!! They lope so well at idle.

[OMrkithO]

@sosome57 what does lope means?

[marblehamburger]

i Love the sound of pratt and whittney wasp engines :D

[spencerhughes2255]

OMG, i remember this show. i was there Sunday and the T-Birds did'nt even fly, and it was FREEZING!!! lol

[srsparky32]

gee bee is one of the hardest planes to control, this guy is really good at this thing

[Croozer]

@srsparky32 With a Gee Bee you are either good or dead.

[luftwicker07]

@srsparky32 Agreed. I wouldn't barrel roll that thing. He's certainly got some flight time in it.

[johnnyjet33030]

Used to be Delmar Benamin flew it. HE really had that thing wired. I think that crawford one was the one that had the brakes stick on the first flight and flipped. Rebuild, I think this is it. Anybody??

Those things killed more people that they flew in the old days-a hot potato. Doolittle raced them.

[TSXAgility]

Yeah...this is Delmar's plane. He had to keep his weight within a 3 pound range in order to ''predictably'' fly it as he did. Delmar once stated to some of his (very, very large) family he'd never felt fear.

[osgood54]

So what happened to that plane? Great flying!!! Got anymore Gee Bee clips?

[Phantomrig]

I heard it is on display at Chino

[fighter0w1]

There are two at Polk City, FL as well

[Phantomrig]

The Crawford Museum in Cleveland Ohio was building one 10+ years ago, I dont know what ever came of it.

[ATLRCFlyer]

Holy crap, he really knows how to fly that potatoe

[kffive]

lol nice