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Lieut. A. W. Gorton Wins Marine Air Trophy Race, No Date

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Report on Lt. A. W. Gorton, navy pilot, winning the Curtiss marine flying trophy race in Detroit, Michigan after flying eight 20-mile laps at 112 mph in a TR-1 seaplane. Other pilots were rewarded for other feats while two planes underwent damage from forced landings.
Title: Lieut. A. W. Gorton Wins Marine Air Trophy Race, No Date.
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Name(s): Unknown Publication, Newspaper
Type of Resource: still image
Genre: Newspaper Clipping
Publisher: West Florida History Center, UWF Libraries, digitized from materials loaned by the National Naval Aviation Museum
Extent: 1 newspaper clipping
Language(s): Eng
Summary: Report on Lt. A. W. Gorton, navy pilot, winning the Curtiss marine flying trophy race in Detroit, Michigan after flying eight 20-mile laps at 112 mph in a TR-1 seaplane. Other pilots were rewarded for other feats while two planes underwent damage from forced landings.
Identifier: uwfnam_HJBbox3_ND_LtGortonWinsRace (IID)
Note(s): A Project of the Gulf Coast Maritime Digital Portal Project
Subject(s): Naval History -- Aviation History
Held by: University of West Florida
Held by: National Naval Aviation Museum
Persistent Link to This Record: http://purl.flvc.org/uwf/fd/uwfnam_HJBbox3_ND_LtGortonWinsRace
Use and Reproduction: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Host Institution: UWF

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