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  2. List of racing aircraft - Wikipedia

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    This list of racing aircraft covers aircraft which have been designed or significantly ... 1930: Variant modified for racing. ... M., D., (full name not ...

  3. Hughes H-1 Racer - Wikipedia

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    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. Granville Gee Bee Model Z Super Sportster - Wikipedia

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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.

  5. Category:1930s United States sport aircraft - Wikipedia

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    United States sport aircraft by decade of first flight 1910s • 1920s • 1930s • 1940s • 1950s • 1960s • 1970s • 1980s • 1990s • 2000s • 2010s • 2020s

  6. Granville Gee Bee Model R Super Sportster - Wikipedia

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    Reproduction of the Thompson Trophy Race-winning R-1. The R-1, piloted by Jimmy Doolittle, won the 1932 Thompson Trophy race. He lapped all but one ship in the race, made easy turns and never had to come down and make a tight pylon turn. He also set a new F.A.I. world landplane speed record of 296 mph (476 km/h) in the Shell Speed Dash.

  7. Brown B-1 Racer - Wikipedia

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    The aircraft continued to compete as a "midget racer", named Suzie Jayne. [1] The B-1 was withdrawn from flying in the late 1940s, and is currently owned by Kermit Weeks. [2] The aircraft was on public display at the Fantasy of Flight in Polk City, Florida, alongside the Brown B-2 replica. [3] [4]

  8. Category:1930s aircraft - Wikipedia

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    Aircraft by century or decade of first flight. 19th century; 20th century; ... Pages in category "1930s aircraft" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 ...

  9. Bellanca 28-70 - Wikipedia

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    Bellanca 28-70 photo from L'Aerophile November 1934. In preparation for the upcoming 1934 MacRobertson Race from England to Australia, Col. James "Fitz" Fitzmaurice, former commanding officer of the Irish Free State Air Force travelled to the United States in spring 1934 to commission a long-distance air racing aircraft. [1]