Gee Bee R Racer Mobile Hanging Airplane Ceiling Decor

This Gee Bee airplane mobile is brand new.

The four Gee Bee airplane models are hand made of wood and they hang on metal wires. The aircraft models are painted in 4 bright colors, red, green, blue & yellow.

This Gee Bee racer mobile would be just as comfortable in your executive office as well as the kids playroom. It is sure to become a conversational addition to your aviation decor and is great colorful hanging decoration.

Please note that this mobile is not considered baby or toddler safe, you would need to hang the mobile high enough to be out of reach of small children.

• Size: 25.25" wide x 24.5" height, planes are 7" wide
• Material: Wood & wire
• Color: Assorted multi colored
• Construction: Handcrafted
• Gift boxed

The Gee Bee Model R Super Sportster (also known as the GB Sportster), sometimes nicknamed The Flying Silo due to the short, fat fuselage resembling that type of farm storage building, was a special purpose racing aircraft made by Granville Brothers Aircraft of Springfield, Massachusetts. Gee Bee stands for Granville Brothers.

The R-1 won the 1932 Thompson Trophy race, piloted by Jimmy Doolittle. He also set a new world landplane speed record of 476 km/h (296 mph) in the Shell Speed Dash. The distinction of a landplane record was noteworthy because, at that time, specialized speed seaplanes outran landplanes.

The Springfield Union of September 6, 1932 quoted Doolittle as saying, "She is the sweetest ship I've ever flown. She is perfect in every respect and the motor is just as good as it was a week ago. It never missed a beat and has lots of stuff in it yet. I think this proves that the Granville brothers up in Springfield build the very best speed ships in America today."

But the R-1 rapidly earned a reputation as, potentially, a very dangerous machine. The small wings, very low polar moment of inertia, and tiny control surfaces made for an aircraft that could rapidly get away from all but the most skilled pilots. Unfortunately, this shortcoming was common to most air racers of the day. The article "Gee Bee Model R" is part of the Wikipedia encyclopedia. HTTPS://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gee_Bee_Model_R

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