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1935 Thompson Race
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Rolly Poth and his friends attended the1935 Thompson Air Races in Cleveland. He allowed us to scan the pictures he took and place them on the MAC website. The verbiage by each picture was taken from the captions in the photo album, and from interviews with Rolly. "I had a friend Gretchen Riegard that worked at the Leiland hotel [in Mansfield, OH]. She had a contestant's pass to get into the air show. She was one of the first woman parachutists and was performing at the show, so was able to get us in right up to the planes. "Cleveland airport was way out in the country back then, so we camped right there." For more information on the Thompson Races, click here. Click on a picture to see a larger image. |
| A Sikorsky flying boat. |
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Back corner view of Roscoe Turner's Wendell Williams. He finished
2nd by 23 seconds in the Bendix race and was several laps ahead in
the Thompson Trophy race when forced out with motor trouble. |
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Roscoe Turner and his Wendell Williams. |
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On the Thompson Trophy line up. |
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De Seversky's Amphibian on the Thompson Line up. This ship was very
fast for its type but was badly outclassed in the Thompson race, was
lapped by several ships. It was flown by a pilot other than the
owner in the race. |
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Same ship with prop removed. |
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Ben O Howard's Mr. Mulligan on the Thompson trophy line up. Mr.
Mulligan, first ship to win the Bendix and Thompson races. It was
piloted in Bendix by Howard; in Thompson by Miwman. |
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Turner's old Gilmore Special AnLique of the races. It is Turner's
old Keith rider job. |
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Roscoe's ship showing side view. |
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Ben Howard's "Mike", sister ship to "Ike". The Howard Mike was
fairly fast and won consistently a few years ago but the newer jobs
are outclassing it now. |
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A neat low wing at the races. It is a smooth Rein Sportster, a
newcomer in he field. It did not race. |
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The Tilbury Flash, smallest racing job. The Tilbury job was a ship
of about a 15 ft wing and had very low power but was usually in the
money when the race was over. |
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The Curtiss Gulfhawk. It was a beautiful ship with all metal parts
such as struts, etc. They were chrome plated. The rest of the ship
was orange. Al Williams was the flyer who did stunting in it. |
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The Frenchman in the air. |
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Keith Rider |
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Small Red Job |
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Keith Rider and [Rolly's friend] Egon Lockel. |
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| Pete [the airplane] and me. |
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Seversky |
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A Beechcraft |
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A Waco "C" |
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The Frenchman |
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Miss Los Angeles and me. |
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A Boeing P26A. |
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A Boeing P12E |
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A Squadron of Vaughts |
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| Art Chester with his green and yellow racer, a neat job. Allmost a sure winner. Powered by a Manosco 4 cylinder. |
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Camp at the 35 races: Pat, Tom, Dale Koozer, Egon Lockel and me
(second from left) . The airport fence is in the background. |
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