3 results found
Registration / Serial:NR14307
Other Marks:77
Aircraft Original Type:Granville Gee Bee R-6
Aircraft Generic Type:Granville Gee Bee R-6
Aircraft Version:Granville Gee Bee R-6H
C/n (msn):1
Aircraft Name:Q.E.D.
City / Airport:New York - Floyd Bennett Field (NOP) (closed)Map
Region / Country:New York, United States
Photo Date:September 1934
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:411239Submit Correction
View count: 406
The Gee Bee R-6 is being prepared for sea transport to Britain for the MacRobertson Air Race, following its unsuccessful participation in the Bendix Trophy in which it wore race number 77. Photo by: Rudy Arnold / Smithsonian Institution
Registration / Serial:NR14307
Aircraft Version:Granville Gee Bee R-6H
C/n (msn):1
City / Airport:New York - Floyd Bennett Field (NOP) (closed)Map
Region / Country:New York, United States
Photo Date:September 1934
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:NR14307
Other Marks:77
Aircraft Original Type:Granville Gee Bee R-6
Aircraft Generic Type:Granville Gee Bee R-6
Aircraft Version:Granville Gee Bee R-6H
C/n (msn):1
Aircraft Name:Q.E.D.
City / Airport:New York - Floyd Bennett Field (NOP) (closed)Map
Region / Country:New York, United States
Photo Date:September 1934
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:411239Submit Correction
View count: 406
The Gee Bee R-6 is being prepared for sea transport to Britain for the MacRobertson Air Race, following its unsuccessful participation in the Bendix Trophy in which it wore race number 77. Photo by: Rudy Arnold / Smithsonian Institution
Registration / Serial:NR14307
Aircraft Version:Granville Gee Bee R-6H
C/n (msn):1
City / Airport:New York - Floyd Bennett Field (NOP) (closed)Map
Region / Country:New York, United States
Photo Date:September 1934
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:NR14307
Other Marks:46
Aircraft Original Type:Granville Gee Bee R-6
Aircraft Generic Type:Granville Gee Bee R-6
Aircraft Version:Granville Gee Bee R-6H
C/n (msn):1
Aircraft Name:Q.E.D.
City / Airport:Mildenhall (EGUN / MHZ)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Event:MacRobertson Air Race 1934
Photo Date:15 October 1934 to 20 October 1934
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:306623Submit Correction
View count: 936
Jacqueline Cochran and Wesley Smith Pratt unsuccessfully took part in the London - Melbourne air race in the Gee Bee R-6, dropping out in Bucharest. Photo from: Nationaal Archief (Netherlands)
Registration / Serial:NR14307
Aircraft Version:Granville Gee Bee R-6H
C/n (msn):1
City / Airport:Mildenhall (EGUN / MHZ)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:15 October 1934 to 20 October 1934
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:NR14307
Other Marks:46
Aircraft Original Type:Granville Gee Bee R-6
Aircraft Generic Type:Granville Gee Bee R-6
Aircraft Version:Granville Gee Bee R-6H
C/n (msn):1
Aircraft Name:Q.E.D.
City / Airport:Mildenhall (EGUN / MHZ)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Event:MacRobertson Air Race 1934
Photo Date:15 October 1934 to 20 October 1934
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:306623Submit Correction
View count: 936
Jacqueline Cochran and Wesley Smith Pratt unsuccessfully took part in the London - Melbourne air race in the Gee Bee R-6, dropping out in Bucharest. Photo from: Nationaal Archief (Netherlands)
Registration / Serial:NR14307
Aircraft Version:Granville Gee Bee R-6H
C/n (msn):1
City / Airport:Mildenhall (EGUN / MHZ)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:15 October 1934 to 20 October 1934
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:NR14307
Aircraft Original Type:Granville Gee Bee R-6
Aircraft Generic Type:Granville Gee Bee R-6
Aircraft Version:Granville Gee Bee R-6H
C/n (msn):1
Location:Not known
Region / Country:Unknown State, United States
Photo Date:August 1934
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:151752Submit Correction
View count: 1789
The R-6 was larger than the earlier Gee Bee racers, but still seems an uncomfortable choice for the 18,000 km London to Melbourne Air Race. Jacqueline Cochran and Wesley Smith Pratt only got as far as Bucharest where they damaged Q.E.D. as the aircraft was named. It participated in other races but never finished one. In 1938 it was sold to Mexican pilot Francisco Sarabia as XB-AKM and renamed Conquistador del Cielo. After a flight from Mexico City to New York City in 1939, Sarabia crashed at Washington - Bolling Field and drowned in the Potomac. The plane has been restored and is preserved in his home town, Ciudad Lerdo. Photo from: San Diego Air & Space Museum
Registration / Serial:NR14307
Aircraft Version:Granville Gee Bee R-6H
C/n (msn):1
Location:Not known
Region / Country:Unknown State, United States
Photo Date:August 1934
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:NR14307
Aircraft Original Type:Granville Gee Bee R-6
Aircraft Generic Type:Granville Gee Bee R-6
Aircraft Version:Granville Gee Bee R-6H
C/n (msn):1
Location:Not known
Region / Country:Unknown State, United States
Photo Date:August 1934
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:151752Submit Correction
View count: 1789
The R-6 was larger than the earlier Gee Bee racers, but still seems an uncomfortable choice for the 18,000 km London to Melbourne Air Race. Jacqueline Cochran and Wesley Smith Pratt only got as far as Bucharest where they damaged Q.E.D. as the aircraft was named. It participated in other races but never finished one. In 1938 it was sold to Mexican pilot Francisco Sarabia as XB-AKM and renamed Conquistador del Cielo. After a flight from Mexico City to New York City in 1939, Sarabia crashed at Washington - Bolling Field and drowned in the Potomac. The plane has been restored and is preserved in his home town, Ciudad Lerdo. Photo from: San Diego Air & Space Museum
Registration / Serial:NR14307
Aircraft Version:Granville Gee Bee R-6H
C/n (msn):1
Location:Not known
Region / Country:Unknown State, United States
Photo Date:August 1934
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive