Granville Gee Bee Model Z Super Sportster
1930S RACING MONOPLANE MODEL BY THE GRANVILLE BROTHERS
Gee Bee Model Z racer; Gee Bee Model Z Super Sportster; 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.