Granville Brothers Aircraft
| Aircraft Manufacturer | |
| Fate | Bankrupt |
| Founded | 1925 |
| Defunct | 1933 |
| Headquarters | Springfield, Massachusetts |
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Key people
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Zantford, Thomas, Robert, Mark, and Edward Granville |
| Products | Sportster Racers |
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Number of employees
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12 |
Granville Brothers Aircraft was an aircraft manufacturer in operation from 1929 until its bankruptcy in 1934. The firm was located at the Springfield Airport in Springfield, Massachusetts. The Granville Brothers, Zantford, Thomas, Robert, Mark and Edward are best known for the production of the three Gee Bee Super Sportster air racers, the Models Z, R1 and R2, which are synonymous with the golden age of air racing.
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The Granville Brothers built only 24 aircraft. Only two original aircraft are known to exist.
GeeBee C-8 Eightster — 1930s and 1940s rare airliner
In 1970 Ken Flaglor began building a replica of the Florence Klingensmith's Model YL. Completed in 1984, this reproduction is powered by a 300 horsepower Lycoming R-680. Jack Venaleck now owns this aircraft.
Scott Crosby of Antelope, California and Jim Jenkins of Connecticut have built reproduction E Models. Crosby crashed several times with an E model re-built prior to the second owner's donation to the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum in McMinnville, Oregon.
Dennis Emms of Australia is building an E model replica.
Gee Bee Model Z — Bill Turner made a replica of the 1931 Model Z with the consulting assistance of Rob & Ed Granville. It was completed and flown on November 25, 1978. This aircraft was ultimately purchased by the Walt Disney Company and was used in the film The Rocketeer (1991). In the film, the Gee Bee Z appears with the same paint scheme and tail number "NR77V" as the original. It is now on display at the Seattle Museum of Flight.
A Gee Bee Z replica has been completed by Jim Kimball Enterprises then sold to Kermit Weeks' Fantasy of Flight, Polk City, Florida.
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