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The Thompson Trophy race was one of the National Air Races of the heyday of early airplane racing in the 1930s. Established in 1929, the last race was...8 KB (414 words) - 08:21, 23 February 2024
withdrawal from the European Union. In 2003, Worrall Thompson funded the Antony Worrall Thompson Trophy – a charity football cup played by eight semi-professional...12 KB (1,131 words) - 09:48, 21 May 2024
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...36 KB (4,720 words) - 22:01, 21 March 2024
sister plane, the R-2, were the successors of the previous year's Thompson Trophy-winning Model Z. Assistant Chief Engineer Howell "Pete" Miller and...14 KB (1,916 words) - 21:38, 12 February 2024
of Springfield, Massachusetts, with the sole intent of winning the Thompson Trophy, which it did in September 1931. Its fatal crash that December started...10 KB (1,166 words) - 12:50, 10 March 2024
by Tex Johnston in the Thompson Trophy race the previous year, winning $2,500. Beville also raced for the 1947 Thompson Trophy, taking fourth. For 1948...21 KB (1,493 words) - 17:59, 6 May 2024
Cobra II crew worked all night making safety modifications and won the Thompson Trophy at the 1946 National Air Races. He set a race speed record of 373 miles...11 KB (1,145 words) - 02:24, 14 November 2023- aviator and aeronautical engineer, whose aircraft won the Bendix Trophy and the Thompson Trophy in 1935. At 17 Howard's interest in flying was sparked when...7 KB (740 words) - 04:30, 24 August 2022
of the Aegon Surbiton Trophy, losing to Yūichi Sugita. Entering the Queen's Club Championships draw as a lucky loser, Thompson unexpectedly defeated the...69 KB (3,462 words) - 14:32, 22 June 2024- Hirsch, Robert, Schneider Trophy Racers, Motorbooks International, 1993 ISBN 0-87938-616-9 James, Derek N., Schneider Trophy Aircraft 1913-1931, Putnam...26 KB (493 words) - 00:14, 17 December 2023
- Special and the Townsend Special is a small air racer developed for the Thompson Trophy races. The Loose Special is a small single seat racer with conventional...5 KB (229 words) - 09:24, 11 June 2022
- from the "Golden Age of Air Racing." He was the winner of the 1931 Thompson Trophy flying the Gee Bee Model Z. He was killed during an attempt at the...7 KB (868 words) - 11:24, 14 October 2023
- the Bendix Trophy but also the Thompson Trophy, when flown by Harold Neumann in 1935. Instead of a cross-country distance race, the Thompson was a closed-circuit...12 KB (782 words) - 00:31, 10 April 2024
to win the 1946 Thompson Trophy race. Cobra II competed again in the 1947 Thompson Trophy, finishing 3rd. In the 1948 Thompson trophy, she was unable...84 KB (11,847 words) - 15:04, 21 June 2024
problem of the Travel Air Mystery Ship. The Solution won the 1930 Thompson Trophy race days. In 1930 Matty Laird was commissioned to build a racing plane...7 KB (555 words) - 14:31, 6 December 2022
Fortitude disintegrated in flight, killing its pilot. In the 1936 Thompson Trophy despite most of the major contenders having dropped out before the...14 KB (1,672 words) - 16:38, 7 December 2022
and the Turner Meteor was the winning aircraft of the 1938 and 1939 Thompson Trophy races. The aircraft was commissioned and designed by Roscoe Turner...8 KB (585 words) - 14:11, 6 December 2022
Academy Award nominations. Among its three wins was the Best Actress trophy for Thompson, who was also awarded a Golden Globe and BAFTA for her performance...142 KB (12,469 words) - 15:41, 26 June 2024
Bendix Trophy, but crashed and was killed while leading the Thompson Trophy Race on September 3, 1934. Roscoe Turner won the Thompson Trophy in a 44...9 KB (1,058 words) - 18:09, 26 February 2022
the war (indicated by the "Race" number after the BuNo), winning the Thompson trophy races in 1947 and 1949. The only surviving F2G-1s are BuNos 88454 and...107 KB (14,180 words) - 02:12, 22 June 2024
- competition the Thompson trophy race. A native of Minnesota, Page had graduated from the Naval Academy in 1917. He was winner of the Curtiss marine trophy race in
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