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"Thompson Air Races 1933"
By Larry Grossman - RetroVisions

The famed Thompson Trophy Air Race was held in Los Angeles in 1933, and of course attracted the fastest planes of the era. In my depiction of the race, the Granville Brothers' Gee Bee "Model R-1" racer is warming up in the foreground. Flown by legendary pilot Jimmy Doolittle, the "R-1" had won the race in 1932. While the Gee Bee's were very fast, they were also very unstable, and many pilots were killed in them. -- L.G.