Roscoe Turner won the Thompson Trophy three times and became one of 1930s America's most recognized figures - flying cross-country with a full-grown African lion named Gilmore.
TaildraggerRoscoe Turner won the Thompson Trophy three times between 1934 and 1939, setting a record no pilot ever broke - in an era that was simply too dangerous to last.
TaildraggerRoscoe Turner won the Thompson Trophy three times - in 1933, 1934, and 1938 - a record no pilot before or since has matched in American air racing history.
TaildraggerRoscoe Turner won the Thompson Trophy three times between 1934 and 1939, making him the most decorated and most theatrical pilot of aviation's golden age.
TaildraggerRoscoe Turner won the Thompson Trophy three times in the 1930s - a record no pilot has ever matched - and flew coast to coast with a lion named Gilmore.
TaildraggerHow Roscoe Turner, the showman with a lion co-pilot, became the only pilot to win the Thompson Trophy three times.
TaildraggerRoscoe Turner won the Thompson Trophy three times, flew with a lion named Gilmore, and helped drive early aviation technology.
TaildraggerRoscoe Turner flew a real lion cub as his copilot and won the Thompson Trophy three times - a record no pilot ever matched.
TaildraggerHow Roscoe Turner, his lion Gilmore, and a self-made uniform led to three Thompson Trophy wins and aviation immortality.
TaildraggerHow showman Roscoe Turner and his flying lion cub Gilmore won three Thompson Trophies and helped sell America on aviation.
TaildraggerRadio Hangar explores Roscoe Turner, the Powder-Blue Colonel, and Gilmore the Lion Cub Who Rode Shotgun Through the Golden Age of Air Racing.
TaildraggerColonel Roscoe Turner won the Thompson Trophy three times, flew with a pet lion, and became aviation's greatest showman.
TaildraggerHow showman-pilot Roscoe Turner flew with a pet lion named Gilmore and became the only man to win the Thompson Trophy three times.
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