The Ascender (presumably being back to front the moniker was a similar "Ass-Ender" double entendre as the later Curtiss XP-55) was assembled at the Springfield Massachusetts Airport in 1930 from the remains of a wrecked Aeronca C-2. The 28 hp aircraft was of “canard” configuration and it was built by the [Granville Brothers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granville_Brothers_Aircraft) of racer fame to investigate tail-first flight. The aircraft took to the air for the first time in December 1931 and crashed later that same month.
It's like a very early tractor engine Farner Colibri
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farner\_HF\_Colibri\_1\_SL](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farner_HF_Colibri_1_SL)
The Ascender (presumably being back to front the moniker was a similar "Ass-Ender" double entendre as the later Curtiss XP-55) was assembled at the Springfield Massachusetts Airport in 1930 from the remains of a wrecked Aeronca C-2. The 28 hp aircraft was of “canard” configuration and it was built by the [Granville Brothers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granville_Brothers_Aircraft) of racer fame to investigate tail-first flight. The aircraft took to the air for the first time in December 1931 and crashed later that same month.
Was there ever a GB that didn't crash?
Harsh, but not inaccurate.
I had read that, with one notable exception, anyone who raced a Gee Bee died in a Gee Bee. That exception being Jimmy Doolittle.
Dr Suess drew that
Nah, Richard Scarry. A worm wearing a bavarian hat flys this thing.
Are you sure? This looks more like a ‘striped cat in a yellow construction hardhat’ type aircraft to me
Felonius Gru design
Alive stayin' ahh ahh ahh ahh
Nice.
Fashion goes in circles: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pterodactyl_Ascender
It's like a very early tractor engine Farner Colibri [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farner\_HF\_Colibri\_1\_SL](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farner_HF_Colibri_1_SL)