Roscoe Turner and his RT-14 Meteor Racer
Mediumgelatin silver print
Dimensions4 1/4 × 2 1/2 in. (10.7 × 6.4 cm)
Classifications(not assigned)
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Clark Speakman
Object numberPA1968.001.398
DescriptionRoscoe Turner in the pilot seat of his Turner RT-14 Meteor Racer at the Albuquerque Airport in Albuquerque, New Mexico. In the center frame, there is a man with leather cap and goggles sitting in the open cockpit. A young boy with his back in the frame is looking up towards the pilot from the ground. Visible lettering on the fuselage reads, "Roscoe Turner's _G-___tear".Handwriting on the border of the photograph reads, "Brown Special -- Clark Speakman".
Handwriting on the back of the photograph reads, "Flew Brown built - Laird rebuild in 1937 Bendix [race] Roscoe Turner in his Brown Special".
The University of New Mexico Centennial Project.
On View
Not on viewLocale
1936
