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North American P-51C-10-NT Mustang 44-10947 "...SOC at Searcy Field, Stillwater, OK. Sold by War Assets Corp to Paul Mantz Feb 19, 1946 as NCX1202. Won 1946 and 1947 Bendix trophy races, placed second in 1948 Bendix trophy race. Registered as NC1202, placed 3rd in 1949 Bendix trophy race. Set coast to coast speed records in both directions in 1947. Purchased by Charles Blair and prepared for round the world record attempt as Excalibur III. Attempt pre-empted by Korean War. Set record New York-London time of 7 hr 48 min Jan 31, 1951, which still stands for piston-engined aircraft. First trans-polar flight from Norway to Fairbanks, AK May 29, 1951, winning Harmon Trophy. Now with Air and Space Museum as Excalibur III. Reported in 1990 as on display in Museum of Science and Industry, Los Angeles, CA" - J. Baugher

01 July 1933, Municipal Airport, Los Angeles, CA. - Colonel Roscoe Turner established a new Transcontinental speed record and won the Bendix race from New York to Los Angeles. (Women in white shaking hands with Turner)Jean Harlow, film star; (right of Harlow) Tom Hynson of Pasadena CA., Truner's backer; (standing in the cockpit) Roscoe Turner, (next to Truner's left with hat) Mrs. Turner and (in dark blazer looking at turner) Vicent Bendix, trophy doner.

01 July 1933, Municipal Airport, Los Angeles, CA. - Colonel Roscoe Turner established a new Transcontinental speed record and won the Bendix race from New York to Los Angeles. (Standing in the cockpit) Roscoe Turner, (below Turner's left man facing camera with large nose) Vicent Bendix, trophy doner.

01 July 1933, Municipal Airport, Los Angeles, CA. - Colonel Roscoe Turner established a new Transcontinental speed record and won the Bendix race from New York to Los Angeles. (In White hat below Turner) Tom Hynson of Pasadena CA., Truner's backer; (Standing in the cockpit) Roscoe Turner, (below Turner's left with white hat) Mrs. Turner and (next to Mrs. Turner and in dark blazer with medal on chest) Vicent Bendix, trophy doner.