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TURNER: "Thank you, sir. It's a pleasure to be here and be with this fine bunch of boys that's going to fly in it this year. I envy them. I wish that I could go with them."

GIROUX: "In 1933, sir, what type of plane did you fly?"

TURNER: "I was flying a plane that I helped design and build, the Wardell Williams."

GIROUX: "And how fast a time did you do?"

TURNER: "Well, I was 11 hours and 30 minutes from New York to Los Angeles so it averages about 214 miles an hour, I believe. But we thought it was fast in those days. And it was fast in those days."

GIROUX: "Well, in 1933 it was. To your right is Captain Manuel J. Fernandez of Miami, Florida, who is the Number One jet pilot in the Air Force. Captain Fernandex, how do you do sir?"

FERNANDEZ: "Well, I'm fine."

GIROUX: "What kind of a ship are flying?"

FERNANDEZ: "Right now we have an F-100C. That's a North American Super Sabre."

GIROUX: "Do you have any idea what speed you'll attain?"

FERNANDEZ: "Well, I expect to make over 610, which was last year's winner."

GIROUX: "Colonel Turner, may I come back to you for just one second here, sir? Have you flown any of the new jets?"

TURNER: "No, I haven't. But I expect to one of these days when they get a two seater. I don't want to fly in one of these--I want somebody to go along to make sure that I'm not going to make any mistakes."

GIROUX: "Well, I'd like to have one foot dragging the way they talk about nowadays. And here's Captain Wallace B. McCafferty from George Air Force Base who actually is the coordinator of the race, are you not?"

Transcription Notes:
First transcribed 5-4-21