Roscoe Turner his Brown Special Aircraft
Date1937
Mediumgelatin silver print
Dimensions2 7/16 × 4 1/8 in. (6.1 × 10.5 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Clark Speakman
Object numberPA1968.001.083
DescriptionRoscoe Turner's airplane, known as the Brown Special is on its way to the 1937 Bendix Trophy Race at the Albuquerque Airport in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The #29 contender's registration number is NR263Y. In the center frame, there is the left side of a parked low-wing racing aircraft. In front of the aircraft and to the right, two men are standing on each side of the aircraft. There is a young man standing by the aircraft in the right frame, near the tail. The tail has "29" painted on it. The pilot is sitting in the cockpit wearing a Helmut. Handwriting on the front of the photograph reads, "Roscoe Turner 1936; Brown Special."
Handwriting on the back of the photograph reads, "Roscoe Turner in Brown Special on way to National Air Races. Flew Brown in 1937 Bendix."
The University of New Mexico Centennial Project.
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