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The Granville Gee Bee Model Z was an American racing aircraft that was built, successfully raced to victory, then destroyed in a deadly crash – all in 1931. It was the first of the Super Sportster aircraft built by Granville Brothers Aircraft of Springfield, Massachusetts, with the sole intent of winning the Thompson Trophy, which it did in September 1931.
Data from Sport Aviation General characteristics Capacity: one Length: 17 ft 9 in (5.41 m) Wingspan: 20 ft 1 in (6.12 m) Wing area: 63 sq ft (5.9 m 2) Airfoil: M6 Empty weight: 669 lb (303 kg) Gross weight: 900 lb (408 kg) Powerplant: 1 × Wright Gipsy engine 326 cu. in. Inline four cylinder, 90 hp (67 kW) Performance Wing loading: 14.3 lb/sq ft (70 kg/m 2) See also Aircraft of comparable role ...
The Brown B-1 Racer was an American-built small monoplane racing aircraft of the 1930s. ... Length: 16 ft 0 in (4.88 m) Wingspan: 18 ft 9 in (5.72 m)
This list of racing aircraft covers aircraft which have been designed or ... Formula One Air Racing: RWD-6: Poland: 1930: ... (full name not provided) Le ...
The Wedell-Williams Model 44 is a racing aircraft, four examples of which were built in the United States in the early 1930s by the Wedell-Williams Air Service Corporation. It began as a rebuilding of the partnership's successful We-Will 1929 racer, but soon turned into a completely new racing monoplane aircraft, powered by a large radial ...
The aircraft was given many names, but is commonly known as the H-1. It was the first aircraft type produced by the Hughes Aircraft company. Design studies began in 1934 with an exacting scale model (over two feet in length) that was tested in the California Institute of Technology wind tunnel, revealing a speed potential of 365 mph (587 km/h). [4]
By Serge Stevens The comedy team is a sacred show-business relationship. From the beginning of time, when Eve asked Adam if he wanted a bite to eat, having two or more characters deliver the jokes ...
The Percival Mew Gull is a British racing aircraft of the 1930s. It is a small single-engined single-seat low-wing monoplane of wooden construction, normally powered by a six-cylinder de Havilland Gipsy Six piston engine. During the second half of the 1930s Mew Gulls dominated air-racing in the UK, consistently recorded the fastest times until ...