Delmar Benjamin flies the GeeBee R2 for Pete Miller 

Had the good fortune to meet one of the Granville brothers at Old Rhinebeck. He talked with with me as though I were a real person. A GRAND person!!

This really is an absolutely beautiful story, seeing the original designer of one of the most famous race planes come back to life, and with one of the original designers seeing it fly one last time is truly heartwarming.

Saw the GeeBee fly at SnF 96 when my Dad was still alive. Truly one of the best memories ever.

This sends shivers down my spine because I am that old now. And when you get old the only thing you have is your memories . Guess that has to be enough.

Bin vom Porsche bis hier gekommen, so schnell kann es gehen... DANKE, beide vidéos wirklich toll. 👍

Thanks for posting that video, I’ve just tears in my eyes, for happiness naturally.

An absolutely marvelous little video on many different levels. Thank you so much!

the look in his eyes as he watched, he was back in 1931.

Great to see it brought back to life for Pete. Oh Wow!, indeed.

Pretty sure Zantford Grannie Granville watched from above, and Delmar did him proud.

I was lucky enough to see Delmar's show at Oshkosh. If an 8 pt roll, 20 ft off the deck doesn't dispel the R2 reputation, then nothing will.

Very nice story! Reminds me of Jack Northrup being shown the stealth bomber.

Now that's a buzz for everyone!!! Good for them an us!!

I love that plane. It's like a flying bulldog.

The only vice these things had was aileron flutter at high speed which was the cause of the wing separation incident and death in the Thompson Trophy air racing speed record in 1931 piloted by Lowell Bayles.

What year was this? I see the Collings Bombers in the background. What an incredible day and moment for Pete.

ᗯOᑎᗪEᖇᖴᑌᒪ. !!!!

wait...was that a A-10 Warthog??

The originals were build in a few months. I’m sure they were nowhere near as pretty as this one.