Roscoe 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.
TaildraggerHow showman-pilot Roscoe Turner won three Thompson Trophies flying the Wedell-Williams racer - with a lion cub named Gilmore riding along.
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.
TaildraggerThe story of Roscoe Turner, his lion Gilmore, and how golden-age air racing shaped the showmanship of Oshkosh today.
TaildraggerHow 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 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 won three Thompson Trophies, flew with a lion cub, and became the greatest air racing pilot of the 1930s.
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