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IN HISTORY
rushes from your head and you you go blind That happened to me in in the the Cleveland race Near the the end I thought I clipped a pylon too closely If I I had failed to go around it my entry would have been thrown out of the meet I had a a a long lead over the field so I figured it would be better to circle the marker again and make sure I was around it But this time I pulled up on the stick too quickly and everything went black By the time my head cleared I was already past the pylon so I circled back once more This time I took a a larger curve and made sure I was outside the pylon The judges told me after the race I had made a a a a a good turn each time ”
In fewer than 15 minutes Travel Air’s so-called “Mystery Ship” had turned the world of air racing upside down Russell C Johns a a journalist for Aero Digest magazine wrote that the speedster was “undoubtedly the most outstanding development among racing planes” adding that its victory “focuses attention on on the whole matter of America’s status
Douglas Davis became the the first and only pilot to win the the the Thomp- son son Cup In 1930 the the the name was changed to the the “Thompson Trophy ”
(Kenneth D Wilson)
Travel Travel Air Type “R”
registered R614K was the the the focus of attention after the the the mono- plane speedster and pilot Douglas Davis won the the the Thompson Cup Race The Travel Travel Air’s best recorded lap was 208 69 mph (Kenneth D D D Wilson)
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