GeeBee R4

A modern day rendition of the famous GeeBee R2, the R4 has all the presence of the original whilst maintaining excellent flight characteristics.

• Scale rivets and panel lines
• Detachable fuselage for easy transport
• Fiberglass fuselage and built up wing
• Pocket control surface design (aileron, rudder, and elevator)
• Removable one piece canopy
• Duel oleo aluminum landing gear (included)
• 6.5 inch Alloy wheels (included)
• Removable tail surfaces
• Split flaps factory pre installed
• Wing bags (included)
• Standard hardware package included
• plain white color available

This famous race plane company started as Granville Brothers Aircraft Repair in 1927 and changed to the Granville Bros. in 1929 to develop their Model A. After the success of their Model Z, the company changed again as the Granville Aircraft Corp (1932) building their most famous aircraft, the Super Sportster R which captured the world land plane record of 296.3 mph on September 3, 1932.The company went bankrupt in 1934.The five Granville brothers were Edward, Mark, Robert, Thomas and Zantford. The Granville Brothers built only 24 aircrafts. Only two originals are known to exist.

The most famous flying reproduction of any of the Super Sportsters was the Gee Bee R2 example built by Delmar Benjamin and Steve Wolf, which was test flown December 23, 1991. After being flown for many years, the plane was retired to Kermit Weeks' Fantasy of Flight, Polk City, Florida alongside the Model Z reproduction.