The 1933 Thompson Trophy
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Wedell won this in the Cleveland National Air Races after the judges disqualified Roscoe Turner, who flew the Wedell-Williams #121, for cutting a pylon. This and other air race trophies can be seen at the Louisiana State Museum in Patterson.
Image Courtesy of the Wedell-Williams Memorial Foundation and the Louisiana State Museum
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Wedell-Williams Air Service Goes Coast to Coast
The Wedell-Williams Air Service clearly took little time to establish itself in New Orleans. In July 1929, two months after Wedell and Williams founded the company, Wedell inaugurated a route to St.…