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Robert Starr Bumble Bee


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The Bumble Bee was specifically designed and built by Robert Starr to be the world's smallest piloted aircraft.  First flown on 28 January 1984, another aircraft re-took the title in August of the same year.

Robert re-established the record in 1988 with the Bumble Bee II.

 
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Type: Homebuilt
Engine: one 85 hp (63 kW) Continental C-85
 
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