The central wing structure provided space for an aircraft rescue parachute, a concept under test at the time.

Second, the cabin doors could be jettisoned together in flight with a single lever so that the two passengers could escape individually and rapidly by parachute.

[1] The Golden Bear had conventional, fixed landing gear, with independent axles and drag struts from the lower fuselage longerons.

[1] The date of the Golden Bear's first flight is not known, though its test programme was flown by Ray Crayford from the then new Berkeley, California airport.

[1] The prototype survived until August 1939 when it was destroyed by a crowd at an Oakland Speedway thrill show, disappointed at not getting their money's worth.