1 Bailed out over Arizona
Bendix "J" division
1 & 2 Landed in Dayton OH due to weather
Lockheed test pilot Tony LeVier who helped develop the P-38
"Lightening" that SOHIO Trophy Race
*Photo version of the P-38
Did anyone fly lower than Tony LeVier ?.
Also new this year, The Kendall Oil Co. sponsored
$5,500 P-51 Race. Kendall Oil
1 Out 3rd lap
Tinnerman Trophy Race 105 miles 7 laps of a 15 mile course
Allison Trophy Race
Goodyear Trophy Race The new light plane race sponsored by the Goodyear
Tire & Rubber Co. of Akron Ohio
Bill Brennand Paul Penrose
Fish Salmon Tony LeVier
The up-scale Halle Department Store again promoted women in aviation by supplying prize
Halle Trophy Race
1 Crashed not injured
The Thompson Trophy Race
Thompson "R" division
1 Out 19th lap, engine problems
Cook Cleland acquired four
surplus Navy
The
second Cleland Corsair No 94 was flown
(Bill Meixner collection)
Tony LeVier's P-38 L-5
was outclass by the
Woody Edmundson was back with an A-36
Paul Penrose was pilot of J.D.
Reed's P-51-D
The third Cleland Corsair was
flown by Naval Reserve
Chas.
Walling, another J.D. Reed pilot flew one of the
Jack Hardwick
possibly never forgot those first
Thompson "J" division
The four pylon race course used for the SOHIO,
KENDALL, HALLE
Photos are from the Hansen collection unless otherwise noted.
Updated Thursday, May 29, 2014
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