Gee Bee Bibliography

Books
Farmers Take Flight June I. Granville (Dakin)
Gee Bee
The REAL Story
of the Granville Brothers
and Their Marvelous Airplanes
Henry A. Haffke
Golden Age of Air Racing Vol. 1 Major Truman "Pappy" Weaver & Wes Schmid
Golden Age of Air Racing Vol. 2 Major Truman "Pappy" Weaver & Wes Schmid
The Grumman Story Richard Thruelson
Doolittle, A Biography Lowell Thomas & Edward Jablonski
U.S. Civil Aircraft Vol. 4 Joseph P. Juptner
U.S. Civil Aircraft Vol. 5 Joseph P. Juptner
Racing Planes and Air Races Reed Kinert
A Season of Eagles Robert Hull
September Champions Robert Hull
The Ford Air Tours 1925 - 1931 Lesley Forden
They Call Me Mr. Airshow Bill Sweet
United States Women in Aviation 1930-39 Claudia M. Oaks
Aviation Quarterly (2nd Quarter 1977)
      The Gee Bee Story Walter J. Boyne
AAHS Journal (Fall 1978)
      The Fabulous Gee Bees Philip C. Brown
Profile Publications #51
      The Gee Bee Racers Peter M. Bowers
National Air Races 1932 Charles G. Mandrake
Magazines
The Vintage Airplane (Jan 1977)
      Gee Bee Airplanes Robert H. Granville
The Vintage Airplane (June 1977)
      Gee Bee Sportster Robert H. Granville
Sport Aviation (May 1970)
      Gee Bee Story - Its First Flight Tom Granville - Bill Sweet
Sport Aviation (March 1971)
      Bee Story Part 1 Tom Granville - Bill Sweet
Sport Aviation (May 1971)
      Gee Bee Story Part 2 Tom Granville - Bill Sweet
Sport Aviation (December 1976)
      11 Gee Bee Robert H. Granville
Sport Aviation (February 1977)
      Gee Bee in 33 Robert H. Granville
Sport Aviation (December 1977)
      The Final Gee Bee Designs Robert H. Granville
Sport Aviation (September 1978)
      The Hall Racers Jack Dianiska
Sport Aviation (July 1979)
      Gee Bee Z Bill Turner
Sport Aviation (May 1984)
      Bottoms Up Bill Turner
Private Pilot (July 1979)
      Famed Gee Bee Flies Bill Turner
L’Aviation (April 1983)
      Le Gee Bee Bill Hannan
The AOPA Pilot (August 1968)
      The Gee Bee Sportsters Peter M. Bowers
Model Aircraft (August 1957)
      The Gee Bee Story Peter Lewis
American Modeler (July 1958)
      Gee Bee R’s  
Model Builder (August 1982)
      Backward Bee Bill Hannan
Popular Aviation (May 1932)
      Lowell Bayles - His Life and Career Stuart Knuepfer
Sportsman Pilot (October 1931)
      Silhouettes Samuel Taylor Moore
Time (February 20 1933)
      Gee Bee  
Aero Digest (March 1931)
      Sportster Specs (Advert.) Zantford Granville
Aero Digest (April 1931)
      Senior Sportster Specs (Advert.)
The Sportsman Pilot (April 1931)
      Acrobatics - Sane and Asinine Zantford Granville
Aero Digest (October 1931)
      Winner of Thompson Trophy at 236.24 M.P.H. Zantford Granville
Aero Digest (July 1933)
      Influence of Racing Types on
      Commercial Design
Zantford Granville
Air Progress (Fall 1959)
      Gee Bee Racers  
Air Force Magazine (February 1973)
      Jimmy Doolittle and the Gee Bee Col. L. Fletcher Prouty USAF (Ret’d.)
Model Aviation (March 1976)
      Gee Bee Model Y Henry A. Haffke
Flying Models (February 1979)
      Gee Bee R-1/R-2 Long Tail Racer Henry A. Haffke
Flying Models (February 1979)
      Gee Bee Reminiscences Robert H. Granville
Model Aviation (May 1980)
      Gee Bee Senior Sportster Henry A. Haffke
Model Aviation (June 1980)
      Gee Bee Senior Sportster (Part 2) Henry A. Haffke
Flying Models (June 1981)
      Gee Bee Model D Sportster Henry A. Haffice
Flying Models (July 1981)
      Gee Bee Model D Sportster (Part 2) Henry A. Haffke
Scale R/C Modeler (October 1981)
      Modeling the Gee Bee’s Henry A. Haffke
Scale R/C Modeler (October 1981)
      Gee Bee Model E Henry A. Haffke
Model Aviation (February 1983)
      Gee Bee Super Sportster Henry A. Haffke
Model Aviation (March 1983)
      Gee Bee Super Sportster (Part 2) Henry A. Haffke
Model Aviation (September 1984)
      Gee Bee Super Sportster Z Henry A. Haffke
Model Aviation (October 1984)
      Gee Bee Super Sportster Z (Part 2) Henry A. Haffke
Model Aviation (October 1984)
      A "Ghost" Returns Henry A. Haffke
Model Aviation (March 1988)
      Flaglor’s Gee Bee Senior Sportster Henry A. Haffke
Model Aviation (April 1988)
      Flaglor’s Gee Bee Sr. Sportster (Part 2) Henry A. Haffke
Newsletters
Power Plant (February 1976)
      P & W’s G of Gee Bee Fame  
Wind Sock (February 1978)
      The Last Gee Bee (Bob Granville) Charles Clark
American Air Racing Soc. (January 1979)
      City of Springfield Makes Maiden Flight  
American Air Racing Soc. (May 1979)
      Quit Picking on the Gee Bee’s (Part 1) Joe Baeckle
American Air Racing Soc. (July 1979)
      Quit Picking on the Gee Bee’s (Part 2) Jor Baeckle
American Air Racing Soc. (January 1981)
      A View From the Ground Jimmy Haizlip
American Air Racing Soc. (March 1981)
      Designing the Gee Bee R-1 and R-2 Howell "Pete" Miller
Power Plant (September 1979)
      Aviation Archeologist Reconstructs Gee Bee Plans  
New England Air Museum (Winter 1985)
      The Gee Bee Story Bob Stepanek
Newspapers
Boston Globe (May 8, 1929)
      Five Brothers construct
      1st Boston-built flying machine
 
Atlanta Constitution (February 16 1931)
      Kytles Crash  
Springfield Union (September 10, 1931 )
      Bayles flies home 2 Granville mechanics injured
      in an Ohio motorcycle wreck returning from air races
 
Springfield Union (December 2, 1931 )
      Bayles pilots Model Z to 307 mph unofficially  
Springfield Union (September 6, 1932 )
      Doolittle "sweetest ship I've ever flown"  
Springfield Union (September 10, 1932 )
      Doolittle "Gee Bee's are mighty fine ships"  
Boston Globe (February 13 1933)
      Ascender Franklin Jordan
Springfield Union (July 14 1933)
      Thaw to Return with 7 Soon  
Springfield Daily News (July 21 1933)
      #11 Returns Home  
Spartanburg Herald (February 13 1934)
      Zantford Granville’s Death  
Minneapolis Journal (July 10 1936)
      Channing Seabury Crash in D  
Skowhegan Sentinel (April 8 1978) Tom Lizotte