The 1949 Cleveland crash that killed pilot Bill Odom and two bystanders ended the National Air Races and reshaped American aviation safety forever.
TaildraggerThe Gee Bee Super Sportster was a radical 1930s racer built for pure speed in a shoe factory—and it killed nearly every pilot who flew it.
TaildraggerThe 1949 Berea crash that killed pilot Bill Odom and two bystanders ended the Cleveland National Air Races and reshaped airshow safety forever.
TaildraggerHow a secret civilian racer from Wichita humiliated every military fighter at the 1929 Cleveland Air Races and changed American aviation.
TaildraggerThe Gee Bee R-1 Super Sportster was the fastest and most lethal racing airplane of the 1930s, built by five self-taught brothers.
TaildraggerRoscoe Turner flew across America with a lion in the cockpit and won the Thompson Trophy three times, becoming aviation's greatest showman.
TaildraggerThe 1949 Cleveland Air Races disaster killed a pilot, a mother, and her infant son, ending America's golden age of air racing forever.
TaildraggerRoscoe Turner won three Thompson Trophies, flew with a lion cub, and became the greatest air racing pilot of the 1930s.
TaildraggerThe Gee Bee Super Sportster was the fastest and most dangerous racing airplane of the 1930s, built by five self-taught brothers in a converted dance hall.
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