MAKE A MEME View Large Image NMNA GB-2A.jpg The first example of the Beech Traveller Model D-17 to serve with the Navy as a staff transport was purchased in 1937 and designated as the JB-1 Following an engine upgrade and redesignation as GB-1 the Navy began acquiring ...
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Keywords: NMNA GB-2A.jpg The first example of the Beech Traveller Model D-17 to serve with the Navy as a staff transport was purchased in 1937 and designated as the JB-1 Following an engine upgrade and redesignation as GB-1 the Navy began acquiring them and its successor the GB-2 in 1939 for administrative and logistic operations They were also procured for lend-lease delivery to Britain The Travellers were also known as Staggerwings because of their unconventional wing configuration with the lower wing forward of the upper This design gave the GB's excellent maneuverability and stall characteristics but made it difficult to land As early as 1933 a D-17 won the Texaco Trophy race in Miami Florida References Source National Museum of Naval Aviation http //broadcast illuminatedtech com/display/story cfm bp 110 sid 8112 Traveler GB-2 retrieved January 8 2006 PD-USGov-Military-Navy Beechcraft Staggerwing Aircraft at National Museum of Naval Aviation
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