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A Model of a Cream and Red Gee Bee NR718Y

Lot Closed

October 19, 07:35 PM GMT

Estimate

4,000 - 6,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

A Model of a Cream and Red Gee Bee NR718Y


height 22 in.; width 85 in.; length 64 in.

56 cm; 216 cm; 162.5 cm

Early 1930s Granville Brothers racing plane. Two built. The one depicted by this model was built to order for the Cord Auto Company. Flown by Florence Klingensmith in the Women’s Free-For-All at the 1933 Chicago International Races; flown by the same during the Phillips Trophy race later that year, during which the fabric on the plane’s top right wing ripped, resulting in a crash that killed Klingensmith and destroyed the plane.

 

A replica can be found at the Fantasy of Flight museum in Polk City, FL




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