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- Présentation en vol du GEE BEE au meeting de La Ferté Alais en 1996.
Cet appareil, venu des Etats Unis pour une unique présentation en France, est la réplique d'un avion de course du début des années 30.
En raison de la puissance de son moteur et son instabilité en vol, il fut surnommé "piège mortel" ou "faiseur de veuves"!
In-flight presentation of the GEE BEE at the La Ferté Alais meeting in 1996.
This aircraft, which came from the United States for a unique presentation in France, is a replica of a racing plane from the early 1930s.
Due to the power of its engine and its instability in flight, it was nicknamed "death trap" or "widowmaker"!
"How big of an engine do you want?"
"Yes."
"Umm..how big do you want the plane?"
"No."
There is no replacement for displacement. If some is good and more is better, then too much will be just enough. Haha.
@@andybailey6763 I can't argue with that logic!! I agree 100% 😂
I swear - I don't think Ive ever laughed so hard seeing your post. I read the first part without reading the second part. It took me more than a minute to recover from the yes. It took more even more to recover from the no... My head hurts now!!!
@@danherrick5785 I'm glad I could entertain you so well 😂
Cartoon aeroplane....damn,,,it flew!!!!
To me, this design always looked like an engine with a bit of aeroplane attached to it..
It is! 🤣
If the GeeBee were created after the war it does thanks to aluminum shortage... But it was created Before the II War, there's no explication to do...
of course . this aircraft, was made for air races
Das is Kurt flugzeuge
That was the principle idea behind this design
More motor less airplane more speed and performance
From the era when flying was done by the “seat of the pants”, this was an airplane that required to be “flown by the numbers”, probably a concept not yet envisioned. Amazing performance. Amazing piloting.
Living proof of the statement that anything flies if provided with sufficient power....
What is the glide ratio? 1:1?
It's really not that dramatic.
Straight down,
Yes
Yes sir, and the good news is, for the best glide ratio, it goes supersonic! And inverted, of course.
Just kidding!
Its definitely not 1:1.
I would say its in the region of 15:1
It barely even looked like a plane. So the early pilots had to be nuts. Looks like the modern pilots are a bit nuts too, lol. Great aerobatics and incredible aircraft.
What an absolute gem of replica engineering! Great video as well, capturing the high torque of that monster engine during the takeoff and landing roll. Obviously a very talented pilot.
I really loved watching Delmar fly that aircraft several times over the years. He really had his hands full with that machine. Very quirky flight characteristics....
One of my first plastic models I built was of this thing. Loved it. Knew nothing about it but it was cool to a little kid.
Never would have imagined this thing can actually fly
🤔🤣❤️🇧🇩
Anything can fly, providing that it has enough power.
Even a lawnmower, yes, that happened. Look it up!
Like a bumblebee. But then since a fully loaded c5 cargo plane can fly, I guess anything can.
There was a great line in a book I had about this plane:
Zantford "Granny" Granville (the plane's chief designer) hoped it would reach 300mph. Others, accustomed to more traditional designs, merely hoped it would fly."
"No way I'm flying that thing!"--Wiley E. Coyote
He flew only Acme certified airplanes.
@@main199 or a flying anvil
That makes two of us
@@andrij3078 Anvil? Why not Hammer? At least have elongate tail
Amen!
Whoever is piloting that is very good
The Gee Bee is part of aeronautic history
Cuando era pequeño armé la réplica de este avión, me encantaba! Hoy tengo 72
Pure design by a genius. Can’t imagine this will fly.
Incroyable, du fait de son architecture et de sa destination : avion de course, je croyais que cet avion ne pouvait voler qu'en ligne droite mais pas faire des acrobaties ! Incredible, because of its architecture and its destination: racing plane, I believed that this plane could only fly in a straight line but not perform stunts !
Yes, we saw this superb animal and we hope qu 'il will come back... Thank you for your comment
This plane was designed for racing. What a great video! It is one of my dreams to build a r/c ¼ scale version. Triple thanks for posting this!
Good Luck Guy
Same here, and I don't even fly. Imagine a large scale big Moki radial, those sound incredible!
@@blkft Oh yes they do! Now where did I put that five grand I'm not using?
@@backpages1 I know, Brutha! I guess if I sold ALL my other hobbies interest then I could afford one?😬😁
I saw this airplane back in the 1990's at an air show in central Iowa. It's an incredible airplane and pilot.
Looks like something straight out of a Tintin book.
Or from the movie the rockteer
The Rocketeer
@@antonkruseandersen5654 The Rocketeer, in capitals, I presume? Buy the way, you can "edit" your own comments. When you keep doing a typo in every single text....
@@voornaam3191 Thank You.
Or... Moebius (Jean Giraud drawing).
With "sufficient" Horsepower, anything can fly!
la de da de da.. the same old. Not true. The Gee Bee may look unusual but it is perfectly normal aerodynamically.
@@mjd4174 you kidding me?
@Guy Skeet. 🦋? 🦋
@Daniel Rodriguez Or lift.
Attach enough engines , you can make a house fly
Merci Mr Gernot pour cette vidéo!!!
J'étais également présent à la Ferté en 1996 et je peus attester que:
1 - La météo était plus que limite
2 - Delmar Benjamin avait réalisé une démo incroyable avec sa réplique de Gee Bee!!!
I born years after this happened, so I never got to see it unfortunately.
J'y étais également et ça fait partie de mes trois grands souvenirs de la ferté-alais avec le touch and go du b17 pink Lady et le vol simultané de plusieurs Spitfires super marine😃
Wow, that pilot has very big balls flying that replica GeeBee in those maneuvers and speeds!
I SAW THIS AIRCRAFT AT THE RENO AIR RACES AND BOB HOOVER WAS ALSO THER IN HIS TWIN ENGINE SHRIKE I WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER HOW THE PILOT SAT JUST IN FRONT OF THE REAR AIRDERLON AND HOW BIG THAT ENGINE WAS I THINK 12 CYLINDER RECIPROCATING WITH A SOUND OF ITS OWN THAT RATTLED YOUR BONES AS IT MADE ITS PASSES
Rear airderlon. Moron.
@@roknrony Probably a typo, $#°£ for brains.
Doolittle once stated that there were no dangerous aircraft, just unforgiving aircraft. And the Gee Bee was the most unforgiving he'd ever flown.
Thats one scary looking aircraft. And I can't help but see in my mind the famous film of one losing a wing and violently spinning into the ground...
@@trooperdgb9722 Losing a wing?! It has struts and double steel wire! That plane can't possibly lose a wing! How did they do that? Pull out the bolts during flight? What a weird story! Was it a stunt?
Why does it have such a small engine? It needs half a runway, it hardly climbs, roll rate is half an hour or so. I'd expect more of an aerobatic plane. Or is NR 2101 just a "tame & slow" version?
@@voornaam3191 Google "Gee Bee Racer Crash 1931." Its on bloody film (as I said)..watch it yourself! Why the doubt? You think machines can't fail? Racing aircraft have ALWAYS had a poor safety record...
@@trooperdgb9722 Watched that crash several times, horrible.
I thought el chupacabra from pixar 'planes' is a comical characterization of a corsair that got fat. Its damn real.. thank you for uploading this!
Je me souviens du Gee Bee sautillant sur les mottes d'herbe de l'aérodrome de Cerny, juste avant de décoller. Je me suis dit : "Ce truc va se vautrer dès que le pilote mettra les gaz" ! Autre moment fort : l'attéro, à une vitesse stupéfiante. Machine réservée à une catégorie très spéciale de pilotes, possédant, outre la science du pilotage, des glandes en platine iridié...
Very bold pilot! Those things were as dangerous as a cornered cat.
I seem to remember reading that the R1 and the R2 were surprisingly stable (admittedly mentioned to be more pleasant to fly when upside down than right way up). But after they crashed, a Frankenstein style job was pulled off where parts from both planes were cannibalized to try create a new plane, which was incredibly unstable and only ventured far enough off the ground to provide enough altitude to crash
Delmar Benjamin flew his replica for 10 years or more, proving that it was safe to fly. I saw it fly in 1992 & 1999. Love this airplane!
@@d-m8529 You are lucky to have seen her fly, twice in your lifetime!
General Jimmy Doolittle flew these plane in the 1930s, alot of experienced pilots didnt survive this plane
But this plane Survive somehow no matter what happens to the pilots
@@donviitoriodasicachiavi5555 its like this plane is gum stuck to your shoe, .you'll never get rid of it, and you always get somebody thinking they're going to tame the beast only to find out they cant. If they're lucky they'll regret it if not they go into a 6 foot hole
@@willielarimer7170 Lucky pilots on board of Bee 🐝 Gee? Unfortunate unhappy peoples.
Even Howard Hughes flew one...
@@donviitoriodasicachiavi5555 Its a replica.
That would have been amazing if they added an airplane to that engine!
Love Gee Bee! I have not before seen footage of flight. Spectacular! The pilot is working her. Pretty fast on final. Not my cup of tea to ever be strapped into her, but what a demonstration! Exceptional.
superbe cette vidéo. Je n'aurais pas cru voir ça après ce que j'avais lu sur cet (très bel) avion qui causa la perte de nombreux pilotes malgré des performances évidentes. Merci.
All engine with some wings for good measure!
Truly amazing it can fly so well all things considered.
Very nice.🙂👍
The "If it looks right it is right" rule seems to have been temporarily suspended!
i love their music, but flying this ? its cute but it will be a hard time....staying alive. holys--- that little plane has got some moves he came over the airfield like a russian MIG. A FANTASTIC PILOT.
I think that Rickenbacker flew one of these and said it was the scariest plane he ever landed and couldn't wait to get out of it. The pilot was unable to see anything in front of him on takeoff until he got the tail in the air (at which point there wasn't much you could do to correct anyway.)
Doolittle set a record in this plane and loved it. Every pilot thereafter didn't have the same luck. This plane was dangerous with a very bad reputation.
I was there that day with my wife up on the stands. An absolutely amazing event I will never forget even if it rained cats, dogs and elephants.
Love these odd 20's and 30's airplanes. Only problem with watching them is, I cant stop sing the theme to Tail Spin.🤣
Friends for life, through thick and thin
With another tale to spin
i remember this funny looking plane from my airplane books when i was a kid.
Nice to read that there where more who remember to those picture technic books...how old are you now?
I am 45..
Greeting
@@MrDriftspirit my brother and i used to build plastic model kits and balsa and tissue covered planes and power them with the small cox motors and we were both in the air force after high school. i'm 71 yrs old.
@@MrDriftspirit I'm 25 and also remember getting those awesome technical drawing books of warplanes as a kid
Met one of the two Granville brothers at Rhinebeck
air show. A very mild-mannered man, willing to stop and talk with this humble 🇨🇱 Texan!!
Texas hee haw
Прикольный, весёлый самолётик и ещё фигуры пилотажа делает 👍👍👍🤗😊
Мультилет из японского мультика, когда из него вышел человек я думал выйдет покимон
Torque rolls didn't need much aileron input, just let that big radial do it's thing. Brave pilot.
Yea...Pretty much just let go of the stick...lol
The original Granville brothers were made of stern stuff ! Trust me they were. This was a flying engine , and the torque of the motor meant that the wing area couldn't cope when the throttle was suddenly opened. The plane just flipped over and crashed . The old footage shows this . Yet the brothers carried on . The aircraft were very fast , but LETHAL . Many people bought the farm in these things . The Right Stuff indeed.
Saw this plane in the San Diego Air and Space Museum last week and just stumbled upon this video today. Cool to actually see it fly
That pilot had a brass set!
I was not prepared for the sheer amount of power this plane had inside... it looks so cute and then it looks like half of the roll rate or more is basically just prop inertia doing its best to flip the damn thing... respect to that pilot :D
Z. Granville to Pete Miller (engineer): "I want 3 things ... a tiny airplane attached the biggest radial engine you can find and some lunatic to fly it."
...to die in it.
I saw Delmar Benjamin fly that at the Arlington, WA. airshow way back. I talked to him a little bit. He was so cool that James Dean would wish he was Delmar. If you remember James Dean, man, you're old.
Ive seen this fly at an air show in Frederick Maryland many years ago. Back in the 30s Jimmy Doolittle was the only guy who flew one without crashing. We know a lot more about aerodynamics now. Still takes some balls to fly it.
What a show! Nice flying too! Give that man a tall glass of beer!
Whoever was the first to fly this thing had FAITH for real
+Reginald Ford Hahahaha, you couldnt be more right
James Doolittle?
Ha talk about "A wing and a prayer" 0:)
I think Jimmy Doolittle was the only pilot who regularly flew one that the GeeBee's didn't kill - they were absolutely lethal machines!
Those magnificent men in their flying machines I’m guessing….haha
merci de revoir ce moment care j'était la j'ai même acheter son pins tout le monde debout pour voir son atterrissage fabuleux ce vol !
Oui, un moment exceptionnel, car à ma connaissance le GEE BEE n'est jamais revenu en France.
+Jean-Claude Gernot hélas oui !
Très semblable au Polikarpov soviétique du début de la WWII. Toujours impressionnant à voir voler et quelle sonorité !
Everyone in 1st minute: That thing CAN’T FLY
Pilot : LOOK at my BALLS ⚽️ ⚽️
The gee bee is one of my favorite planes in the world and i think it is a beautiful plane.
Fantastic! Thanks for sharing.
Greets from the Netherlands, T.
surprising it could get off the ground with the weight of those balls
It's obvious that this thing is incapable of flight, so well done to the guy who created the computer generated graphics - very realistic!
Thanks for the excellent video, and a double thanks for not putting in some cheesy music.
Excellent video. The Gee Bee was an icon ☆
Aerodynamically, one of the most incredibly designed aircraft ever......
Amazig looking aircraft.
You'd think it would have the words 'airshow disaster' attached to every video.
Самый странный самолёт, что я видел. Но ещё больше меня удивило, что он летает.
Я бы не полетел на этом недоразумении...
Похоже к мотору крылья приебенили... 🤣🤣🤦🏻♂️
Это раньше И-16 был
Не удивлюсь, если он зависнет как вертолет.
А меня удивляет как пилот видит куда ему ехать?)
Похож на И - 16 , страдающий ожирением в крайней стадии :-))
Трансгендер?
@@ИАП738 не видит. На всех самолётах того времени не видно было. По боковому пейзажу ориентировались. Впереди мёртвая зона.
Бройлер Членолет но маневренный.
На су57 по маневренности)
По-моему, это похоже на летающий член. Но мысль, в общем, интересная.
Now, THIS is a true “pocket rocket“!
Amazing piloting skills great video thanks guys
Precioso aparato. Parece y suena como una abeja. Buena velocidad y muy maniobrable. 🤠💯
I got a Christmas given to me on Christmas long ago. It's my favorite one .
A beautiful little aeroplan ! :) Formidable K
Knowing it's history, the fact that the thing got off the ground, considering the kahones it takes to pilot it, is nothing short of a miracle!
tired ofhearing jokes about cahones...get an education...
I Still own n Fly my 1/3 Scale RC Gee Bee plane 👍👍😎
Its an awesome model plane to Fly ✈
I love this airplane. It makes me happy.
This is not only not supposed to be able to fly but the pilot seems to want take the piss out of me for thinking that by stunting around! This plane is amazing, I love it!
That is literally flying an engine. Terrifying....
Very impressive aircraft, and piloting, just so cool.
Виртуоз! Рисовый парень!
This looks like it was designed by some engineer that was inspired by a bumblebee. Needs black and yellow paint job.
Take a look at the Granville brothers Gee Bee Model Z.
That Pilot has some skills! What a mad man.
There used to be film footage on UA-cam of a GeeBee crash, I think in Cleveland, immediately after a National Air Race in the 1930s.
I think the story was that the owner had hired Jimmy Doolittle to fly the plane in the race. He did, and may well have won the race. I can't recall.
Later that day, Doolittle returns the plane to the owner so the owner can fly it back to his home. The film shows the takeoff and an immediate vicious snap roll into the ground from perhaps 50 feet in altitude. All hands lost.
The center of gravity in that plane was so far forward, it's a wonder anyone could handle it. Nothing quite like the hum of a big radial engine.
The film might still be on here. I haven't looked.
Huge respect to the pilot
Cool looking replica but like somebody said it was a super dangerous design. Maybe it has a lighter wing loading to help, but still.
I had a toy model of this plane as a kid. I totally dismissed it as being fictional. I'm impressed to see otherwise now!
I built a scale model of the Gee Bee racer, 1/48 scale. My mom said it looked dumb. I told her it's the plane Jimmy Doolittle set the world speed record with but she still wasn't impressed.
Это невероятно, но он ЛЕТАЕТ!))
Говно из под птицы то же летает
@@Максим-ъ9г1ч оно падает .
@@bez_be не падает , леветирует
Die Gee Bee ist das seltsamste Flugzeug, das auch fliegen kann, extrem wendig wunderbar
That plane is hysterical! Love it
when Gee Bee flying the song from Bee Gee...Staying Alive...should be playing.
Thank you Frederico, happy that you like these images.
I’m surprised you could even see the runway to get off the ground the angle that sits at 🙈
Imagine landing it.
Camera
Looks like he's compensating for a lack of control surfaces with more engine.. lol
Yeah, him and me both :)
One of my favorite plans as a kid
This thing reminds me of the English Electric Lightning (bare with me lol), the pilots used to joke that the only reason it had wings was to keep the navigation lights apart 🤝
The only place to go from here is to put a seat on a Merlin engine and crank it.
This is one of only few aircraft I never want to fly with.
I thought they stopped building them because they were dangerous
Looks like beatle! Can not belive it can flys!
Engineers: "We can make anything fly!"
Corporate: "How about a massive engine? We don't need a whole aeroplane, just a flying engine."
Engineers: "... ok"
**after countless beers**
Engineers: "Here you go! A flying engine!"
Bravo Maestro !
Merci
This has to be the strangest looking "normal" airplane I've ever seen. It was obviously designed for one thing and one thing only, speed.
The weird thing is it did not appear to have much speed at takeoff
I think not clearly designed for speed. An original mustang would destroy that plane in top speed. Probably made more as a caricature of an airplane than anything. If it was built for speed the first thing they'd do is sweep the wings.
@@dustinandtarynwolfe5540 Well, the Gee Bee was designed as a racing a/c about 10 years before the Mustang was designed and, at the time, it was one of, if not the, fastest a/c flying.
The flying engine nacelle. This is a very dangerous airplane to fly.
When you learned from online classes and still managed to make a working project.
Impressive stunts too
The ‘Viper V10 stuffed into a classic Mini”
of planes…
I have one on a stand, sitting on top of my computer desk...
... and it crashed.