Gee Bee R-1, Jimmy Doolittle's 1932 Speed Record Holder. Exhibit at the San Diego Air & Space Museum.

            In 1932, Cleveland was the center of air racing in the USA.  The National Air Races were equivalent in popularity to today's NASCAR event in Daytona.  They were a bright spot for the country in the otherwise gloomy Depression era.  

On September 3, 1932, Jimmy Doolittle flew the R-1 to a new official world speed record of 296.287 mph.  On September 5, Doolittle, piloting the R-1, finished first in the 10 lap 100 mile Thompson Trophy Race, winning the $4,500 prize with a winning speed of 252.7 mph, not bettered until 1936.

This is the same Jimmy Doolittle who, in April 1942, led sixteen B-25 crews over Tokyo on the first retaliatory air raid on the Japanese homeland following the attack on Pearl Harbor.

Taken in: United States / California / Inspiration Point North, San Diego (show map)

Taken on: December 17, 2017

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