Robert H. Starr

Robert H. Starr
Robert Starr with The Bumble Bee I
Born
Robert Huie Starr

February 6, 1924
Mason, Michigan
DiedJune 15, 2009
Phoenix, Arizona
Known forWorlds' Smallest Airplane Guinness Title
Starr crop dusting service
Mach One certification

Robert H. Starr (February 6, 1924 – June 15, 2009)[1] was the designer, builder and pilot of The World's Smallest Piloted Biplane Airplane, the Starr Bumble Bee II.[2]  The Guinness Book of Records awarded The Bumble Bee the official world record title in 1985 and with the flight of the Bumble Bee II, the record still stands today 2022.[3]

  1. ^ Death certificate
  2. ^ "Smallest aircraft". Guinness World Records. Retrieved 2021-08-31.
  3. ^ Trenner, Tricia (May 2006). "Think Small". Air & Space Smithsonian. 21 (1): 55.