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ALLISON TROPHY EVENT Sponsored by Allison Division, General Motors Corp. [[image]] R.M. Critchfield, former Assistant General Manager of Allison Division, General Motors Corporation, awarding the Allison Trophy to First Lieutenant William D. Baisley, of the famous 27th Fighter Escort Group, winner of the 1951 Allison Jet Trophy Event. For the fifth straight year, the Allison Division of General Motors Corporation, of which E.B. Newill is General Manager, is sponsoring a jet trophy event for pilots of our armed forces, using standard production jet aircraft. Allison, one of the largest manufacturers of jet engines in this country, has backed these jet events as a salute to the men and women of our flying forces, who in flying, servicing and assisting in the development of jet aircraft have helped advance this new kind of airplane power from an experimental status to today's tactical and dependable stage. The first Allison Trophy Event in 1947 was a race between Air Force pilots from Cleveland to Indianapolis and return. Six U.S.A.F. F-80 Lockheed "Shooting Stars" participated and the race was won by Captain Richard H. Burnor at an average speed of 495 m.p.h. In 1948 four Navy pilots raced from Indianapolis to Cleveland in U.S. Navy FJ-1 North American "Furys" powered by Allison J35 turbo-jet engines. The event was won by Lt. L.B. Thompson, Jr., of San Diego, California, at a speed of 491 m.p.h. The 1949 Allison Jet Trophy Event was a contest among five pilots of the Air National Guard, flying Lockheed F-80 "Shooting Stars" from Indianapolis to Cleveland. The five Air National Guard Fighter Squadrons represented were the first to become equipped with U.S.A.F. jet fighters. The event was won by Lt. Walter C. Rew of the 196th Fighter Squadron, California A.N.G., at a speed of 594.8 m.p.h. The 1951 event was a contest between U.S.A.F. pilots flying Republic F-84E Thunderjets from Detroit to Indianapolis and return. Winner was Lt. William D. Baisley at an average speed of 580.5 m.p.h. This year's event will be a mission among pilots of the U.S. Air Force who will fly USAF F-84G Republic Thunderjets from the Weir Cook Municipal Airport at Indianapolis, then return to Dayton in a simulated close support bombing attack. The event will take place on Sunday, September 6. Hartzell's Are proud to have devoted 37 years of service, in the manufacturing of Aircraft Propellers during these 50 years of aviation... HARTZELL PROPELLER, INC. PIQUA, OHIO U.S.A. UNITED AIR LINES Whenever, wherever you want to go... Call UNITED AIR LINES, your World Travel Headquarters! NATIONAL AIRCRAFT SHOW 31
