Roscoe Turner, Gilmore the Lion, and the Powder-Blue Showman Who Won the Thompson Trophy Three Times at Cleveland
Colonel Roscoe Turner won the Thompson Trophy three times, flew with a pet lion, and became aviation's greatest showman.
TaildraggerNational Air Races
Roscoe Turner, the Ring-Master of the Air, and the Lion Cub Named Gilmore Who Flew the National Air Races Golden Age Come Alive in the Vintage Rows at Oshkosh
The story of Roscoe Turner, his lion Gilmore, and how golden-age air racing shaped the showmanship of Oshkosh today.
TaildraggerThe Travel Air Mystery Ship, the Airplane Walter Beech Hid From the Army, and the Day a Civilian Racer Humiliated the Military at Cleveland
How the 1929 Travel Air Mystery Ship beat the U.S. Army and Navy at Cleveland and pushed American aviation toward the monoplane.
TaildraggerRoscoe Turner and Gilmore the Lion - The Racing Pilot Who Flew With a Cat in the Cockpit
How showman-pilot Roscoe Turner flew with a pet lion named Gilmore and became the only man to win the Thompson Trophy three times.
TaildraggerRoscoe Turner, the Thompson Trophy, and the Man Who Turned Air Racing Into Theater
Roscoe Turner won the Thompson Trophy three times - the only pilot in history to do so - combining elite flying skill with deliberate, strategic self-promotion during aviation's golden age.
TaildraggerRoscoe Turner and the lion that flew the National Air Races
Roscoe Turner won three Thompson Trophies, flew with a lion cub, and became the greatest air racing pilot of the 1930s.
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