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Col Roscoe Turner Dazzles Students In Flying Visit
Colonel Turner spoke at Thornton Township High School, arriving in a custom Packard with a 12 cylinder airplane motor and showing highlights from the London to Los Angeles race. He described records and flights from 1929 to 1984, including speed marks, contests, and a pet lion named Gimore.
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Roscoe Turner
Thornton ‘Lownship High School
Colonel
Harvey
Detroit
Turner
Clyde Pangborn
Air Service
Germany
Third Army
Tec
Richmond
Virginia
Hillywood
Hell’s Angels
Los Angeles
Reno
New York
Vancouver
B. C
Agua Calente
Mexico
Shell
Gallup
New Mexico
Cleveland
Warner
Lansing
Deesn
Gho
United States
Canada
California
Charles Alexander
The
Quiet
Curtiss-Reynolds
Chicago
Yue Oh Detrom
Cincinnat