I found this picture by all of my old flight books in the basement. This is a Gee Bee R-1 which was flown by many daredevil pilots for the Thompson Trophy. One of these pilots was the famed Jimmy Doolittle of the Doolittle Raid on Japan in 1942. This plane was the fastest plane in 1932, flying at a speed of 476 KPH. It must have been amazing to fly...
