Only three years after American raceplanes failed dismally in the
most important air race of 1920, a French magazine lamented that
American ""pilots have broken the records which we, here in France,
considered as our own for so long."" The Pulitzer Trophy Air Races
(1920 through 1925), endowed by his sons in memory of publisher
Joseph Pulitzer, brought about this remarkable turnaround. Pulitzer
winning speeds increased 60 percent from 157 to 249 mph, and
Pulitzer racers, mounted on floats, twice won the most prestigious
international air race--the Schneider Trophy Race for seaplanes.
Airplanes, engines, propellers, and other equipment developed for
the Pulitzers were sold domestically and internationally. More than
a million spectators saw the Pulitzers; millions more read about
them and watched them in newsreels. The Pulitzers ended when the
Army and Navy, which financed all racers after 1921, bought no
racers for 1926. This is the first book about the Pulitzers; it
highlights businessmen, generals and admirals who saw racing as a
way to drive aviation progress, designers and manufacturers who
produced record-breaking racers, and dashing pilots who gave the
races their public face. It emphasizes the roles played by the
communities that hosted the races - Garden City (Long Island),
Omaha, Detroit and Mt. Clemens, Michigan, St. Louis, and Dayton.
The book concludes with an analysis of the Pulitzers' importance,
their end, and why their story has languished in obscurity for 85
years.
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