The Trustees of
                      THE AVIATION HALL OF FAME
                     cordially invite you to the
                       ENSHRINEMENT CEREMONIES
                     Saturday, November 22, 1975
                      Dayton Convention Center
                            Dayton, Ohio

                          Honorary Chairman
                            James Stewart
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        Enshrinees            Presenters

      Reuben H. Fleet       General George C. Kenney, USAF (Ret.)
      Robert C. Reeve       Lowell Thomas
      Frank Luke, Jr.       Barry Goldwater
      Roscoe Turner         Lt. Gen. James H. Doolittle, USAF (Ret.)

                     The U.S.Air Force Strolling Strings

      $30.00 Per Person             Reception 6:00 P.M.
      $50.00 Per Person (Patron)    Dinner 7:00 P.M.
      Dress: Black Tie

      R.S.V.P. Card Enclosed

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                              ROSCOE TURNER       Missing Image DOS RT11

                               1895 - 1970


     INTERESTED IN SPEED FROM HIS YOUTH, TURNER FIRST ENLISTED IN
     THE U.S. ARMY AMBULANCE CORPS DURING WORLD WAR I AND SERVED
     IN FRANCE BEFORE TRANSFERRING TO THE AVIATION SECTION.  BUT THE
     ARMISTICE WAS SIGNED BEFORE HE COULD GET INTO AERIAL COMBAT.

     AFTER THE WAR, TURNER OPERATED A FLYING CIRCUS.  IN 1926 HE
     PURCHASED AN AIRPLANE FOR COMMERCIAL AND PUBLIC RELATIONS
     WORK.  IN HOLLYWOOD, HE TOOK PART IN THE MOVIE "HELL'S ANGELS."
     HE THEN FLEW IN THE 1928 NATIONAL AIR RACES.  IN 1929 HE HELPED
     ORGANIZE NEVADA AIRLINES, DEMONSTRATED TRANSCONTINENTAL
     PASSENGER SERVICE, AND TOOK PART IN THE AIR RACES.  HE ACQUIRED
     A LION AS A FLYING MASCOT IN 1930 TO PROMOTE AN OIL COMPANY'S
     PRODUCTS AND SET A TRANSCONTINENTAL RECORD, A RECORD BE-
     TWEEN CANADA AND MEXICO, AND PARTICIPATED IN THE 1930 RACES.
     TURNER PLACED 3RD IN THE SHELL SPEED DASH, THE BENDIX, AND THE
     THOMPSON IN THE 1932 AIR RACES.  HE WON THE BENDIX AND SHELL
     SPEED DASH IN 1933 AND ALSO SET A WEST-EAST TRANCONTINENTAL
     RECORD.  IN 1934 HE SET THE WEST-EAST RECORD, TOOK 2ND IN THE SHELL
     SPEED DASH AND WON THE THOMPSON TROPHY RACE.  THEN HIS PLANE
     TOOK 2ND IN THE TRANSPORT AND 3RD IN THE SPEED EVENTS OF THE
     ROBERTSON RACE FROM ENGLAND TO AUSTRALIA.  IN 1935 HE PLACED
     2ND IN THE BENDIX.  FLYING HIS TURNER-LAIRD "METEOR," HE TOOK 3RD
     IN THE 1937 THOMPSON AND THEN WON THE 1939 THOMPSON RACES.
     RETIRING FROM AIR RACING, HE OPENED A FLYING SCHOOL AND THEN IN
     1941 ESTABLISHED AN INSTITUTE TO TRAIN PILOTS AND OTHER
     SPECIALISTS NEEDED DURING WORLD WAR II.  AFTER THE WAR, HE
     PROMOTED AVIATION AT EVERY OPPORTUNITY.

     ROSCOE TURNER WAS ENSHRINED ON NOVEMBER 22, 1975, FOR OUT-
     STANDING CONTRIBUTIONS TO AVIATION BY HIS PARTICIPATION IN
     EARLY COMMERCIAL AVIATION AND INVOLVEMENT IN AIR RACING LEAD-
     ING TO IMPORTANT TECHNICAL ADVANCEMENT IN DESIGN AND PERFOR-
     MANCE OF HIGH SPEED AIRCRAFT AND ENGINES.


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     Data transcription by: David Sandy,  Corinth, MS - May 31, 1993