Roscoe Turner won the Thompson Trophy three times - a record no pilot has matched - and defined an era of American air racing that shaped the fighter planes of World War II.
TaildraggerThe 1934 MacRobertson Air Race sent 20 aircraft on an 11,300-mile dash from England to Australia, producing the DH.88 Comet and proving commercial aviation's global future.
TaildraggerRoscoe Turner won the Thompson Trophy three times, flew with a lion, and made aviation something every American felt belonged to them.
TaildraggerThe Granville Brothers built the fastest - and most dangerous - racing aircraft of the 1930s, winning the 1932 Thompson Trophy at 252 mph.
TaildraggerHow Jimmy Doolittle tamed the deadly Gee Bee Model R to win the 1932 Thompson Trophy at 252 mph - then walked away for good.
TaildraggerRoscoe Turner flew a real lion cub as his copilot and won the Thompson Trophy three times - a record no pilot ever matched.
TaildraggerHow Jacqueline Cochran rose from a Florida sawmill camp to set more aviation records than any pilot in history.
TaildraggerHow showman Roscoe Turner and his flying lion cub Gilmore won three Thompson Trophies and helped sell America on aviation.
TaildraggerSteve Wittman, the near-blind Oshkosh airport manager and racing legend, invented the landing gear under thousands of aircraft and gave EAA its home field.
TaildraggerSteve Wittman was a legally blind air racer and self-taught engineer whose name Oshkosh's airport bears - and whose ideas still fly today.
TaildraggerHow Benny Howard's homebuilt Mister Mulligan won both the 1935 Bendix and Thompson trophies - the only airplane ever to do it.
TaildraggerThe National Championship Air Races are moving to Roswell, New Mexico, giving pylon racing a new home after Reno's 2023 closure.
RampRadio Hangar explores The Cleveland National Air Races and Jimmy Doolittle winning the first Thompson Trophy in the Travel Air Mystery Ship, nineteen twenty-nine.
TaildraggerThe National Championship Air Races have relocated from Reno to Roswell, New Mexico, and the new desert venue may be the best thing to happen to the sport in decades.
RampEverything pilots and fans need to know about the 2026 Reno National Championship Air Races at Reno Stead Airport.
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