GB & Gee Bees

GB & Gee Bees
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Similar in format to our popular Peanuts & Pistachios series, GBs & Gee Bees accents historically significant air races and racing aircraft, as well as some the participating personalities. Featured are a varied assortment of articles, model construction plans, 3- views, photographs and sketches, intended to inspire you to resurrect some of these fascinating racers in model form. Why not return them to the sky where they were designed to be?

HIGHLIGHTS:
ARTICLES
Nieuport, King of Speed, and the 1911 Gordon Bennett Race
The Race That Wasn't, the bizarre story of the 1912 GB race
Successful Free Flight Scale Gee Bees, by Vern Clements
Feedback From Our Readers (extracts from letters received)

MODEL CONSTRUCTION PLANS
1911 Nieuport monoplane, by Bill Hannan
1912 Burgess "Cup Defender", by J.F. Frugoli
1912 Rex "Gordon Bennett Racer", by Bill Hannan
1931 Gee Bee Z "No-Cal" profile, by Kazuhiro Suzuki
1932 Gee Bee R-1 "No-Cal" profile by Kazuhiro Suzuki
1932 Gee Bee R-1"No-Cal" canard (!), by Tomoshi Nishina

DOCUMENTATION DRAWINGS
1911 Baby Wright racer
1911 Nieuport Gordon Bennett winner
1911 "Belligerent Blériots"
1911 Type 2N Niuport monoplane
1912 Gallaudet "Bullet" racer
1912 Rex "Gordon Bennett Racer"
1928 General Aristocrat (this is a racer?)
1932 Gee Bee Z

FORMAT: 8 1/2 x 11", softbound, 26 pages, 43 photos, 6 model plans, 9 documentation drawings, plus sketches, cartoons and whimsey,
printed on superior quality stock for long life.

Weight: 4.00 oz