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Spitfire Mk XIV #80 1949 Cleveland NAR 3rd Tinnerman Trophy
Race pilot: JHG MacArthur |
Bob Eucker's "Spirit of Tick" #55 P-63
1948 Thompson racer |
Cook Cleland's XF2G-1 #94 1949 Cleveland NAR 1st Thompson Trophy Race |
Jackie Cochran's modified P-51C
"Beguine" #7 1949 Cleveland.
Note that pilot Bill Odoms has removed his shoes in order to not mar the finish. |
Cook Cleland's F2G #57
piloted by Dick Becker 1949 Cleveland |
P-63 #87 "Kismet" 1949 Thompson;
Alfred Whiteside |
Batty Betty II #34 P-38/F-5 1948
Cleveland NAR 6th Sohio Race
pilot: Jack Hardwick
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Batty Betty II #34 P-38/F-5 1949
Cleveland NAR 4th Tinnerman Race
pilot: Jack Hardwick
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"Beguine" #7 P-51C 1949
Cleveland NAR |

Cosmic Wind #49 "Little Toni"
1949 Goodyear Race
Pilot Billie Robinson Note "Buster" in background |

Laird-Turner Racer "Pesco Special"
#29 Pilot Roscoe Turner Winner of 1938 & 39 Thompson Trophy Race
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MarcBromR-3; Marcoux-Bromberg Rider R-3 #3
Pilot Earl Ortman
1938-39 Thompson Trophy racer |

Bill Odoms' Beech Bonanza in Cleveland after setting a record flight from Honolulu, Hawaii to Teterboro, New Jersey
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Pitts "Pellet" #21 1948 Goodyear Race 7th
Pilot R.B. Downey. Monocope, Mooney?, & Beech Bonanza in background |

SV-4 parked in front of Sky Tech Inc. hanger 1949. In the background is a Goodyear racer #96 "Cee-Jay" |

Lawrence Institute of Technology "Chappy" Pilot Carlton Ambler 1949 Goodyear Race did not start |

P-63 #30 1949 5th Thompson Trophy race. Pilot Chuck Tucker. Color was a vivid purple |

Wedell Willams racer #25
in storage 1946 |

Cosmic Wind "Ballerina" #5 1948 7th Goodyear Race piloted by R.B. Downey. Note the Aeronica stored on its nose in the background |
Cook Cleland's XF2G-1 #94 taxis into the winners circle
1949 Cleveland NAR |

#29 Laird-Turner Racer &
#25 Wedell Willams racer
circa late 30's |

Hawks HM-1 #41 1938 4th Thompson Trophy Race pilot Leigh Wade. Later rebuilt and tested for military use. |
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