The B-1 Racer was built in 1933 by the Brown Aircraft Co. of Montebello, California, which had been founded by Lawrence W. Brown, previously of Clover Field, Santa Monica, California.  The aircraft was designed by Dean Holloway and was intended for competitive flying at the hands of Ralph Bushey. The diminutive aircraft was a low-winged monoplane with an open single-person cockpit and a fixed tail-skid undercarriage.

Ralph Bushey raced the aircraft NR83Y in several prewar competitions in the United States, but the aircraft was damaged in a crash after the engine fell out whilst racing. It was rebuilt in 1947 with a removable closed cabin and powered by an 85 hp (63 kW) Continental C-85 engine.

The aircraft continued to compete as a "midget racer", named Suzie Jayne.

The B-1 was withdrawn from flying in the late 1940s and is currently owned by the Wings Over Miami aircraft museum and on public display at their exhibition hangar at Miami Executive Airport near Miami, Florida.

General characteristics

• Crew: 1
• Length: 16 ft 0 in (4.88 m)
• Wingspan: 18 ft 9 in (5.72 m)
• Powerplant: 1 × Continental C-85, 85 hp (63 kW)

Source: Wikipedia