Gee Bee R2 Racer
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.Why Your video has only sound on the left you made me think that my headphones are Broken!!!! lol
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I loved that biplane that also had a turbojet. Forget who the pilot was. Sounds were fantastic.
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Favorite Band - Bee Gees
Favorite Airplane - Gee Bee.
Both are, pardon my language, but BAD ASS!
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At 1:59, look how much Delmar Benjamin has to work the rudder just to keep the plane straight! It’s amazing how unstable these planes were. Not surprisingly, the radio-controlled versions of them are unstable and difficult to fly as well!
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Jimmy Doolittle volunteered to fly this plane even though on it's first flight ever it had killed a famous air race pilot... damn, Doolittle had balls! I know I certainly wouldn't have done it! The Gee Bee was notorious for being unstable because it's fuselage was so short.
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What an excellent clip!
Particularly like that shot at 2:21, with the Wedell Williams racers and the hand prop swinging of the R2. Looks a handful at 1:57, lots of pedaling going on to keep it pointing the right way. Talent... there are some people these days who think the docile old PA-18-150 is a "beast" LOL!!! Thumbs up and favorite video for me.
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Who designed this plane!?!... Walt Disney?
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I got to see Delmar's in 2001 at the Visalia Air show. Loved this plane so much I did a painting of it sitting on the runway. Check it out in my 2003 painting section at ericmecum
Meekmanvideo 4 months ago
@Meekmanvideo
I was at that air show too. :-)
mctim64 4 months ago
I had Delmar's aeroplane in my hangar at Leesburg, VA for just over a month back in '97...kept it there for him between two airshows. I was allowed to taxi the ship from the hangar to the other end of the airport and back, and even THAT convinced me I don't want to fly it...and I've flown a lot of what some consider 'tricky' ships!
glenrait 2 years ago
That must have been a thrill, I've seen Him (Delmar) at many airshows back in the '90s and He came here to Visalia a couple of times, we got to talk to Him just before the airplane was retired. We also had Jim Franklin here at the same time, both great pilots.
mctim64 2 years ago
B-17 had Wright Cyclones, the Gee Bee had a P/W Wasp.
mctim64 3 years ago