The Gee Bee “Floating” Bugaboo

“One problem which needed to be licked was the fact that both ships…would float when close to the ground” 

Gee Bee R-2 as flown in 1933 Bendix with enlarged wing and flaps
Zantford Granville’s Double-Hinged Flap

Did you know Zantford Granville was among the first, if not the first in the U.S. to patent a flap system to control aircraft airspeed and increase lift, especially while landing?  And Zantford, or Grannie as he was called, didn’t even have a formal high school education.

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