
Granville Gee Bee Model R Super Sportster

by Jack Fellows
Title
Granville Gee Bee Model R Super Sportster
Artist
Jack Fellows
Medium
Painting - Oil On Masonite
Description
During the late 1920s and early 1930s, American airplane designers moved away from biplanes and began designing specialized high-performance monoplanes. With the hunger for speed, airframes grew smaller and their engines grew larger, the limit being reached with the creation of the Gee Bee Super Sportsters. The Gee Bee flown by Jimmy Doolittle in 1932 when he won the Thompson Trophy Race flying at 252.7 mph. Doolittle's brightly painted Gee Bee was powered by an 800-horsepower Wasp engine and had a wingspan of only 25 feet. When flown by less skilled pilots than Doolittle, these strange looking little planes were known to crash with disturbing frequency.
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Artwork Copyright © 1996 Wind River Studios Holdings, Inc. All Rights Reserved under United States and international copyright laws. You may not reproduce, distribute, transmit, or otherwise exploit the Artwork in any way. Any sale of the physical original does not include or convey the Copyright or any right comprised in the Copyright. WRSH Stock Number XB15608
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March 17th, 2022
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