Roscoe Turner Testimonial for Jeeps

3 Comments

1. William OGradyMarch 11, 2023 at 6:43 PM

   OK. So Roscoe approves. I want to know what Gilmore thinks of Jeeps!
2. JohnBMarch 12, 2023 at 3:49 AM

   Turner was a household name during the heyday of air racing in the '30s. As his letter indicates, his firm was a leading FBO (Fixed Base Operator...aircraft fuel, maintenance, sales, flying lessons, charter) in the 50's-60s. William...I saw Gilmore, well stuffed, in storage at the National Air and Space Museum annex. Finally, the aircraft in the photo is a rare Douglas B-23, a number variant of the DC-3. During the war, many were converted to transports by the Army (they weren't much use as bombers and do these was too few to be widely deployed operationally), postwar, they were popular corporate planes.
3. David EilersMarch 13, 2023 at 12:08 AM

   Thanks for the details JohnB!