Aircraft Photo of NR2100 | Granville Gee Bee R-1 Super Sportster | AirHistory.net #581154
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:NR2100
Other Marks:11
Aircraft Original Type:Granville Gee Bee R-1 Super Sportster
Aircraft Generic Type:Granville Gee Bee R-1/2 Super Sportster
Aircraft Version:Granville Gee Bee R-1 Super Sportster
C/n (msn):R-1
Location
City / Airport:New York - Floyd Bennett Field (closed)Map
Region / Country:New York, United States
Airport Codes:ICAO: -   IATA: -   Local: NOP   Other: -
 
Photo Date:1 July 1933
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID: 581154
Photo Comment

NR2100 at the start of the Bendix Air Race. Its race ended when it crashed, killing pilot Russell Boardman, at Indianapolis. NR2100 was rebuilt with a longer fuselage and the wings of the R-2 , along with its registration of NR2101. But it soon crashed again. It was rebuilt a second time, still as NR2101 and crashed and burned at the start of the 1935 Bendix race. That was the end of NR2100/2101. Photo by: Rudy Arnold / Smithsonian Institution

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