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...aviation industry throughout the world had preceded the race's start last week. Represented by each entry were countless technicalities, endless research, details, delays, many a heartbreak. Of the 64 original entries, more than two-thirds had withdrawn. Night before the start Colonel James C. Fitzmaurice, Irish transatlantic flyer, had been disqualified when his U. S.-built Bellanca special, Irish Swoop, proved overweight...
...second place was a U. S. transport plane powered by U. S. engines; that not far behind, roaring over Australia, was another U. S. transport plane flown by U. S. Pilot Roscoe Turner. Mrs. Aquilla Derryberry Turner of Corinth, Miss, did not raise her boy Roscoe to be a flyer...
When Turner began to appear in this gaudy get-up before he had made any real name for himself as a speed flyer, Cy Caldwell wrote prophetically in Aero Digest: "A pilot with nerve enough to wear that uniform and kick a half-grown lion in the pants is bound to come in first eventually." And last year Roscoe Turner began "coming in first" until today he is the outstanding speed pilot of the U. S. His rivals sneer at his clothes, at his brash statements that he is "a bit of a hero to the boys of the country...
...Flying Club is composed of those men in the University who are anxious to fly or learn to fly in the safest, the most economical, and the most pleasant way. The club welcomes everyone who is seriously interested in aviation, and it is so planned that both the student flyer, and the experienced pilot can get full benefit from their membership. Those who fly with the club have the advantage of the lowest possible rates per hour on a modern, well cared for airplane...
...shook the engine loose, dropped it into the water where its 500 lb. could harm no one. Then, on two motors, he flew 25 mi. to an emergency field, landed his passengers safely. For that he received from President Roosevelt the Post Office Department's first Air Mail Flyer's Medal of Honor...