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    Roscoe Turner (September 29, 1895 – June 23, 1970) was a record-breaking American aviator who was a three-time winner of the Thompson Trophy air race...
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    designed by Roscoe Turner in 1936. The Meteor would be the last of the Matty Laird race planes as well as the last race plane flown by Roscoe Turner. The aircraft...
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  • Roscoe Turner Airport (IATA: CRX, ICAO: KCRX, FAA LID: CRX) is a public-use airport located four nautical miles (7 km) southwest of the central business...
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    1934. Roscoe Turner won the Thompson Trophy in a 44 with a different engine, while J. A. Worthen placed third, also in a 44. Roscoe Turner's Model 44...
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    with aviator Colonel Roscoe Turner to promote the Gilmore Oil Company. After he grew too large for flying, Gilmore accompanied Turner in publicity appearances...
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  • (1922–1988), American NASCAR driver Roscoe Troxler (1883–1976), American jockey Roscoe Turner (1895–1970), American aviator Roscoe B. Woodruff (1891–1975), American...
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    military pilots and was administered by the United States Air Force. Roscoe Turner, the last winner of the pre-war trophy, refused to relinquish it, but...
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  • archived from the original on September 30, 2007 Glines, Carroll V. 1995. Roscoe Turner; Aviation's Master Showman. Smithsonian Institution Press ISBN 1-56098-798-7...
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    from the Tennessee state line to Hickory Flat Mississippi Highway 145 Roscoe Turner Airport is a general aviation airport just outside Corinth. The nearest...
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    who have received the award include Wiley Post, Jacqueline Cochran, Roscoe Turner, Amelia Earhart, Glenn H. Curtiss, and Eugene Ely. Eventually, it was...
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