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N14307: Gee Bee QED
Last Updated
Feb. 19, 2023
Details
Registration #
N14307
Status
Off Market
Year
2013
Make
Gee Bee
Model
QED
Serial Number
1
TTAF
55
Engine 1 Time
55
Location
USA
Price History
June 23, 2022
299,000
Feb. 19, 2023
100,000
Listings
Site
Price
Status
Updated
Description
N14307. 2013 Gee Bee QED II - Jim Moss Built Replica To Factory Drawings With Modifications Incorporated. 55 Hours. Beautifully Built. During a recent inspection it was found that the main landing gear had a large crack. Gear will need to be replaced or re-engineered. Sold As Is, Where Is. Now only $100,000.
Airframe
In 2002, legendary aircraft builder Jim Moss set out to recreate the legendary Gee Bee QED. Starting with the basic original plans, Moss' recreation incorporated several modifications including wider landing gear, lengthened wings, a 20% larger vertical fin, and the installation of a 1425 hp. Wright R-1820 engine which replaced the original 650 hp. P&W R-1690. The construction of the QED II took place between 2002 and 2013 and encompassed in excess of 50,000 man hours to build.
Engines / Mods
Wright R-1820-56 55 hrs. SMOH
Remarks
The original Gee Bee R6 (later designated Q.E.D.) was designed and built as a two place transcontinental air racer specifically to complete in the MacRobertson Trophy Race - a transcontinental air race from London to Melbourne, Australia. The orignal QED was powered by a 650 hp P&W R-1690 Hornet engine. The original QED did not finish the MacRobertson Trophy Race and in 1939 was sold to Mexican competition pilot Francisco Sarabia. After setting a new speed record from Mexico City to New York City in 10 hrs 48 minutes, tradgedy struck and Sarabia was killed when the engine quit on take off from Washington D.C. and the aircraft plunged into the Potomac River. The Q.E.D. was not badly damaged, and was restored and is now on display in Mexico as a tribute to Francisco Sarabia.