Gee Bee Pursuit Ship

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Comment by Twizard on January 27, 2011 at 1:10pm

The Claude was already obsolete by that time.   It was used manly in China and in Mongolia in the 30s.   Im supprized  that the Japaniese used any of these in the Aleutians at that late date.  They had A6M2 Zeros and A6M3 "Rufe's" (floatplane version of Zero made by Nakajima) at that time.

Comment by Doc Spencer on January 10, 2011 at 8:39am

Yeh, I find sarcasm doesn't translate well into the written word, it's more a tone of voice/body language thing, always good for a bite though!

Comment by Lejon Astray on January 9, 2011 at 5:07pm

It is funny, but everyone has asked if this was real.

Suppose I need to work on my ironic.

Comment by Doc Spencer on January 9, 2011 at 2:50pm

Ok, just hang on while I get the hook out of my mouth.....

Comment by Lejon Astray on January 8, 2011 at 8:09pm

Given the wing loading, and directrional instability, I doubt the plane could accommodate an over-sized sandwhich, let alone a useful warload.

It might be able to take on opponents provided they flew in a flat elliptical pattern, with red and white turn posts, to remind you not to fly into the ground!

But i could not resist putting one into wartime colors!

Comment by Doc Spencer on January 8, 2011 at 9:33am

Fantastic, who knew?! Any idea what armament was added? I believe Jimmy Doolittle once said of the GeeBee; 'If you turn your back on her for an instant, she'll try and kill you' I can't imagine she'd have been a particularly stable weapons platform. 

Comment by Twizard on January 8, 2011 at 3:44am

Did anyone model it in CFS II or Il2.

Comment by Larry on January 5, 2011 at 8:22pm

That Gee Bee is one wild looking little plane.

Comment by lord_k on January 5, 2011 at 6:41am

I see it had a matching adversary: