GeeBee Model R

"Your boy, BJR" (jerseyshoreben) 05/12/2014 at 22:48 • Filed to: planelopnik

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Tonight, oppobros and bro-ettes, I'm gonna teach you a bit of history. Drunk history. Drunk history about a plane. and odd plane, being short and fat like Danny DeVito, or Dirt Nasty's dick ( !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , not mine)

Anyway, before I was talking about dwarf actors who were fellow alumni of Wannamassa Elementary School, I figure I aughtta jump right in and explain this weird fuckin' plane. Here goes:

The !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! Model R (and my favorite version, and favorite plane ever, R1) was -I believe the scientific term is- THE MOST SKULL-FUCKINGLY MENTAL RACING PLANE EVER. Seriously, look at this fucking cross section:

See that shit? That's a 800hp, 22L, 296mph Pratt&Whitney Wasp radial 9cyl with a seat and some wings attached. Why? BECAUSE WHY THE FUCK NOT! The plane was a handful to fly, dick slapping all but the absolute best pilots back to earth.

Look at that. That was a thing. A thing that flew. A thing that flew in races. AND IT DID REALLY GOOD!!!!

I can not stress this enough- a plane called the "GeeBee" that looked like that was absurdly successful at racing, finally bridged the speed gap between land and sea planes (apparently it was a big deal or something)

It also killed a bunch of people. Remember when I said it was a handful to fly? IT CRASHED AND BURNED AND WAS REBUILT 4 GODDAMN TIMES. I guess they made the fuselage so cartoonishly big to fit whoever flew it's balls. Eventually, some jackass new owner put bigger gas tanks on it, much to the dismay, and against warnings by the designers, and it promptly crashed and burned a final time. SUCK IT, PLANE RICER. Anyway, that's a brief history on my favorite plane of all time, enjoying it since I was like 8. And remember…..want a winning combo?

SIMPLIFY AND ADD MORE MOTOR.

Brian Silvestro > Your boy, BJR 05/12/2014 at 22:50

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That thing looks FUCKING INSANE

Your boy, BJR > Brian Silvestro 05/12/2014 at 22:51

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RIGHT?! Now imagine it buzzing by at 296mph.

Brian Silvestro > Your boy, BJR 05/12/2014 at 22:53

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*puts on pilot suit*

LETS DO THIS SHIT

Your boy, BJR > Brian Silvestro 05/12/2014 at 22:54

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You can have the slightly (but only slightly) less bonkers GeeBee model Z. The R1 is mine.

Brian Silvestro > Your boy, BJR 05/12/2014 at 22:56

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Either one would entertain me to the fullest. I'll probably die, but it'll be worth it.

Baskingshark > Your boy, BJR 05/12/2014 at 22:58

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Here is one like it I saw at at the Evergreen Air Museum in Oregon. They always remind me of one of my favorite movies as a kid, The Rocketeer.

Your boy, BJR > Brian Silvestro 05/12/2014 at 22:59

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*puts on old-timey flying goggles*
LETS DO THIS SHIT. AIRPLANE CHICKEN.

Your boy, BJR > Baskingshark 05/12/2014 at 23:00

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NAZI TIMOTHY DALTON!!!!

The Transporter > Your boy, BJR 05/12/2014 at 23:03

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I salute you, sir!

jariten1781 > Your boy, BJR 05/12/2014 at 23:05

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There was a replica one that flew at the OKC air show back in the early 90s during the simulated air races. Very cool to see. Heard it got retired to a museum somewhere out east.

Dusty Ventures > Your boy, BJR 05/12/2014 at 23:16

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I live down the road from the Gee Bee's home and have seen the plane (well the reproduction thereof). It's even more ridiculous in person.

Your boy, BJR > Dusty Ventures 05/12/2014 at 23:18

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fuuuuuuck I want to see it. I had like 6 toys of it as a kid…….the only airplane toys I owned.

Dusty Ventures > Your boy, BJR 05/12/2014 at 23:21

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Here's a couple of my years-old terribad photos of it from the museum

tromoly > Your boy, BJR 05/13/2014 at 01:01

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I have a Horizon Hobby Gee Bee R/C foam plane, as a novice flier it is really hard to fly in anything but a cubic mile of open space. I can only imagine how hard the real deal was to fly.

Spoon II > The Transporter 05/13/2014 at 01:29

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I was just talking about that movie. Love it!