Roscoe Turner
✓ Source-basedrisingAmerican airplane racer (1895-1970)
Roscoe Turner was a record-breaking American aviator who was a three-time winner of the Thompson Trophy air race and widely recognized by his flamboyant style and his pet, Gilmore the Lion.
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Turner with his wife Carline Stovall, business magnate Howard Hughes and actress Greta Nissen, circa 1928
Roscoe Turner, and Gilmore as a cub (1930)
Wedell-Williams 44 Replica (NR61Y)
1934 Thompson Trophy Plaque
MacRobertson Race Boeing 247 displayed at NASM (painted NC13369 on right side, NR257Y on left side)
Turner RT-14 Special, 'Ring-Free Meteor', Oakland, 1938![Turner-Laird RT-14 Meteor on display at the Udvar-Hazy annex of the National Air and Space Museum.[29]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Turner_RT-14_Meteor.jpg/500px-Turner_RT-14_Meteor.jpg)
Turner-Laird RT-14 Meteor on display at the Udvar-Hazy annex of the National Air and Space Museum.[29]Filmography 2
Hell's Angels
Flight at Midnight3 credits on file
Awards 2
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About this person
Roscoe Turner was a record-breaking American aviator who was a three-time winner of the Thompson Trophy air race and widely recognized by his flamboyant style and his pet, Gilmore the Lion. He also founded a US domestic airline, ultimately called Lake Central Airlines, that in 1968 merged into Allegheny Airlines, the predecessor to US Airways.
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