Gee Bee

The inside story of the re-creation of the Gee Bee R-2 replica -- written an photographed by the men who designed and built it. This star of air shows is followed from re-creating the original plans through all stages of construction. On its first test flights, wowing the crowds at Oshkosh and other air shows. Performing aerobatics, low-level inverted passes, and knife-edge passes -- all of which the original was supposedly too unstable to do! An in-depth examination that debunks a few myths, reveals new details, and points out all the features and details of the stubby legend of the 1930s air faces. Features all original photography.