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Gee Bee Model Z
The Granville Gee Bee Model Z was an American racing aircraft of the 1930s, 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 1931. However, it soon suffered a fatal crash during a world speed record attempt, starting the reputation of the Gee Bee aircraft as killers.
==Design and development==
Suffering from the effects of the Great Depression, the Granville Brothers decided in July 1931 to build an aircraft to compete in that fall's Thompson Trophy competition at the National Air Races in Cleveland, Ohio. They hoped that a victory in the prestigious race would lead to additional orders for their line of sporting aircraft.〔("Gee Bee Model Z )."] ''Fantasy of Flight Air Museum''. Retrieved: May 26, 2010.〕
Constructed in less than five weeks at a cost of under $5,000 USD, the Gee Bee (for "Granville Brothers") Model Z, named ''City of Springfield'', was a small, tubby airplane. It was essentially the smallest possible airframe constructed around the largest possible engine,〔Donald 1997, pp. 466–467.〕 a supercharged Pratt & Whitney R-985 "Wasp Junior" radial engine, producing .〔
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