ROSCOE TURNER - COMMEMORATIVE ENVELOPE SIGNED - HFSID 175419
Price: $200.00
ROSCOE TURNER. Commemorative Envelope signed: "Roscoe
Turner" and two unidentified signers, 6½x3¾. Commemorative Cover for
the Red Cross Benefit Air Show at the United Airport in Burbank, California,
three 2-cent General Casimir Pulaski stamps affixed, postmarked Burbank,
California, March 1, 1931, the place and date of the air show. In the late
1920s and early 1930s, Roscoe Turner (1895-1970) was one of the biggest names
in aviation. In 1929, he had helped organize Nevada Airlines,
operating between Los Angeles, Reno and Las Vegas. Turner then flew four
passengers in his Lockheed from Los Angeles to New York, proving that
transcontinental service was practical. Turner's other feats include
setting speed records between Los Angeles and New York (and breaking
more transcontinental records than any other pilot), winning the Bendix
Transcontinental race in 1933 and winning the Thompson Trophy in
1934, 1938 and 1939. In 1934, Turner won the Robertson Race from England to
Australia. In 1952, Congress awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross to
Turner, who had trained over 3,000 pilots during WWII. Addressed (unknown
hand) to a collector at lower right. Ink note (unknown hand) on verso, which is
slightly soiled. Fine condition.
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