Granville Gee Bee Model Z Super Sportster

Gee Bee Model Z
Replica of the Gee Bee Model Z
General information
TypeRacing aircraft
National originUnited States of America
ManufacturerGranville Brothers Aircraft
Designer
Number built1
History
Manufactured1931
Introduction dateSeptember 1931
First flightAugust 22, 1931
RetiredDecember 5, 1931
Developed intoGee Bee Model R

The Granville Gee Bee Model Z was an American racing aircraft that was built, successfully raced and then destroyed in a fatal crash in 1931. It was 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 September 1931. Its fatal crash that December started the reputation of subsequent Gee Bee aircraft as killers.

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