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The race was the subject of the 1935 novel Women in the Wind: A Novel of the Women's National Air Derby by Francis Walton and the 1939 film adaptation, starring Kay Francis. The book The Powder Puff Derby of 1929: The First All Women's Transcontinental Air Race, written by Gene Nora Jessen, was published in 2002. [28]
The Thompson Trophy race was one of the National Air Races of the heyday of early airplane racing in the 1930s. Established in 1929, the last race was held in 1961. Established in 1929, the last race was held in 1961.
1930 National Air Races – Howard flew five firsts and two third-place finishes at 163 mph. Howard DGA-3 'Pete' at the 1930 National Air Races. Inset: Ben O. Howard. Photo from Aero Digest October,1930; 1930 Thompson Trophy race, third place. 1931 National Air Races – three second, one fourth, and one sixth-place finish.
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The Granville Gee Bee Model Z was an American racing aircraft that was built, successfully raced to victory, then destroyed in a deadly crash – all in 1931. It was the first of the Super Sportster aircraft built by Granville Brothers Aircraft of Springfield, Massachusetts, with the sole intent of winning the Thompson Trophy, which it did in September 1931.
1932 Women's Free for all - Gladys O'Donnell piloted "Ike". 1933 American Air Races - Pilot Harold Neumann flew "Ike" with the tandem wheels converted back to a single wheel configuration. Howard placed third in one event, then went on to fly the Folkerts SK-1 for the remainder of the races.
The aircraft continued to compete as a "midget racer", named Suzie Jayne. [1] The B-1 was withdrawn from flying in the late 1940s, and is currently owned by Kermit Weeks. [2] The aircraft was on public display at the Fantasy of Flight in Polk City, Florida, alongside the Brown B-2 replica. [3] [4]
The Laird LC-DW300 and LC-DW500 Super Solution aka "Sky Buzzard" was a racing biplane built in the early 1930s by Matty Laird for the Cleveland Speed Foundation, Laird was already famous in the air racing circuit. It had a large radial engine and an extremely faired windshield.