Gee Bee Super Sportster, Card No 34 (JPAeroplanes 1935)

Civilian Aircraft 1935 (John Player)

Card No. 34  : The GEE BEE "SUPER SPORTSTER" (U.S.A.)

This unusual type of aeroplane was designed purely for racing and high-speed flying In September 1932, it gained for America the world's landplane speed record at a speed of 294 mph. The machine is built of metal and is fitted with an engine of 900 h.p. The pilot's cockpit is at the tail-end of the fuselage and is covered with a streamline windshield which also forms the leading edge of the tail fin. A modified version of this machine was seen in this country when it came here for the England-Australia Air Race. )