{"id":7737806,"date":"2026-07-29T12:29:36","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T10:29:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/roscoe-turner-air-racer-gilmore-lion\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T12:30:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T10:30:20","slug":"roscoe-turner-pilota-di-aerei-da-corsa-leone-di-gilmore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/it\/roscoe-turner-air-racer-gilmore-lion\/","title":{"rendered":"Il pilota da corsa che vol\u00f2 con un leone come animale domestico"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.et_pb_title_container h1.entry-title { padding-top: 40px !important; }<\/style>\r\n\r\n<p>Immaginate un uomo che si sporge da una cabina di pilotaggio aperta, con indosso una tunica militare azzurra disegnata da lui stesso, i baffi cerati che si arricciano alle punte, mentre saluta la folla e tiene in braccio un cucciolo di leone vivo. Quello era Roscoe Turner, e negli anni &#039;30 era il pilota pi\u00f9 famoso, pi\u00f9 veloce e di gran lunga il pi\u00f9 teatrale d&#039;America.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Ha vinto tre trofei Thompson, ha infranto i record di velocit\u00e0 transcontinentali e ha capito qualcosa che i suoi rivali non hanno mai compreso appieno: che nell&#039;epoca d&#039;oro delle corse aeree, essere veloci era solo met\u00e0 del lavoro. L&#039;altra met\u00e0 consisteva nell&#039;essere indimenticabili.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background:#f5f5f5;border-radius:8px;padding:20px;margin:24px 0\"><p style=\"margin:0 0 10px;font-weight:700;font-size:18px\">Informazioni rapide<\/p><ul style=\"margin:0;padding-left:20px;line-height:1.8\"><li><strong>Pilota:<\/strong> Roscoe Turner (1895\u20131970)<\/li><li><strong>Fama:<\/strong> Vincitore per tre volte del Thompson Trophy (1934, 1938, 1939)<\/li><li><strong>Marchio:<\/strong> un&#039;uniforme disegnata da s\u00e9, baffi cerati e un leone domestico<\/li><li><strong>Gilmore:<\/strong> un cucciolo di leone che volava con lui, completo di paracadute.<\/li><li><strong>Anche:<\/strong> Diversi record di velocit\u00e0 transcontinentali; Gara MacRobertson, 1934<\/li><li><strong>Onore:<\/strong> l&#039;ultimo civile insignito della Distinguished Flying Cross<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">L&#039;uniforme, i baffi, l&#039;atteggiamento spavaldo.<\/h2>\r\n\r\n<p>Turner si \u00e8 fatto strada con fatica: un ragazzo di campagna del Mississippi che ha fatto acrobazie aeree, camminato sulle ali degli aerei e persino trascorso un breve periodo in prigione prima di farsi un nome. Lungo il percorso ha costruito un&#039;immagine: una tunica blu su misura ispirata a quella degli ufficiali della Royal Air Force, pantaloni da equitazione color camoscio, stivali da equitazione, una spilla alata con le iniziali &quot;RT&quot; e il titolo di &quot;Colonnello&quot;, conferitogli onorifico da un paio di governatori statali e mai pi\u00f9 restituito.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin:0 0 24px;width:100%\"><img data-opt-id=1849646412  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:0e0_.b970\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/07\/roscoe-turner-uniform-1939.jpg\" alt=\"Roscoe Turner con la sua uniforme disegnata da lui stesso\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;max-width:100%;display:block;border-radius:6px\"><figcaption style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;margin-top:6px;font-style:italic\">Turner con l&#039;uniforme che aveva disegnato lui stesso. In seguito ammise di non gradire indossarla, ma, disse, era un&#039;ottima strategia di marketing. Foto: Wikimedia Commons.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<p>In et\u00e0 avanzata confess\u00f2 di non aver mai realmente apprezzato indossare quell&#039;abito. Lo indossava comunque perch\u00e9 lo rendeva immediatamente riconoscibile, e la riconoscibilit\u00e0 vendeva sponsorizzazioni, biglietti e titoli sui giornali.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;margin:24px 0\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lKBbou-W_Xs\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;border:0;border-radius:8px\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n<p style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;font-style:italic\">Roscoe Turner in persona, che parla di velocit\u00e0 e corse aeree.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">Un leone di nome Gilmore<\/h2>\r\n\r\n<p>Il suo colpo di genio fu il leone. Uno dei finanziatori di Turner era la Gilmore Oil Company, il cui emblema era una testa di leone rossa. Cos\u00ec Turner acquist\u00f2 un cucciolo di leone, lo chiam\u00f2 Gilmore in onore dello sponsor, lo allev\u00f2 nella sua casa di Beverly Hills e lo port\u00f2 a volare. Dotato di un paracadute appositamente realizzato, Gilmore partecip\u00f2 a voli acrobatici e promozionali, percorrendo migliaia di chilometri in aria.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin:0 0 24px;width:100%\"><img data-opt-id=852257776  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:0e0_.b970\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/07\/roscoe-turner-gilmore-lockheed-air-express.jpg\" alt=\"Lockheed Air Express di Turner con la livrea Gilmore.\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;max-width:100%;display:block;border-radius:6px\"><figcaption style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;margin-top:6px;font-style:italic\">Il Lockheed Air Express di Turner nella livrea completa della Gilmore Oil: l&#039;aereo su cui viaggiava il leone volante. Foto: Wikimedia Commons.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<p>Intorno al 1935 Gilmore era diventato troppo grande e troppo forte per condividere la cabina di pilotaggio e si ritir\u00f2 in un allevamento di leoni. Visse fino al 1952; il suo corpo fu in seguito imbalsamato e montato su un supporto, e oggi si trova nella collezione del National Air and Space Museum dello Smithsonian, probabilmente l&#039;unico leone ad aver mai ottenuto un posto in un museo dell&#039;aviazione. Turner, da vero showman, si esibiva in ogni apparizione per le telecamere.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background:#f8f9fa;border-left:4px solid #5C91FF;padding:20px 22px;margin:18px 0 24px;border-radius:0 8px 8px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:1.7;display:flex;gap:20px;align-items:flex-start\"><div><em>\u201cFate spazio ai fotografi. \u00c8 la loro ultima occasione per fotografarmi.\u201d<\/em><div style=\"margin-top:10px;font-size:14px;color:#555\"><strong>Colonnello Roscoe Turner<\/strong> \u2014 ai fotografi della stampa presenti a una delle sue gare<\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;margin:24px 0\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GKLGgtnxdlc\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;border:0;border-radius:8px\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n<p style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;font-style:italic\">La storia di come un pilota e un cucciolo di leone sono diventati star dei media.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">L&#039;uomo pi\u00f9 veloce del cielo<\/h2>\r\n\r\n<p>Dietro la teatralit\u00e0 si celava un pilota da corsa davvero eccezionale. Turner pilot\u00f2 gli eleganti aerei da corsa Wedell-Williams e in seguito il suo Turner-Laird RT-14 Meteor, vincendo il Thompson Trophy per ben tre volte (nel 1934, 1938 e 1939) e battendo ripetutamente il record di velocit\u00e0 da costa a costa. Gareggi\u00f2 nella stessa epoca letale dei famigerati Gee Bees, i piccoli motori volanti che uccisero molti dei pi\u00f9 grandi nomi dell&#039;aviazione. Nel 1934 partecip\u00f2 persino alla celebre MacRobertson Race, la corsa aerea da Londra a Melbourne, pilotando un Boeing 247 e classificandosi terzo al mondo.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Dopo la sua terza vittoria al Thompson nel 1939, all&#039;apice della sua carriera sportiva, decise di ritirarsi.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background:#f8f9fa;border-left:4px solid #d32f2f;padding:20px 22px;margin:18px 0 24px;border-radius:0 8px 8px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:1.7;display:flex;gap:20px;align-items:flex-start\"><div><em>\u201cQuesta \u00e8 la mia ultima gara. Compir\u00f2 44 anni questo mese. Questo \u00e8 uno sport per giovani.\u201d<\/em><div style=\"margin-top:10px;font-size:14px;color:#555\"><strong>Colonnello Roscoe Turner<\/strong> \u2014 annunciando il suo ritiro dopo aver vinto il Thompson Trophy nel 1939<\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;margin:24px 0\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/48vLjzztgyc\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;border:0;border-radius:8px\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n<p style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;font-style:italic\">Le auto da corsa Gee Bee: le macchine bellissime e letali dell&#039;epoca di Turner.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">L&#039;ultimo showman<\/h2>\r\n\r\n<p>Turner trascorse gli ultimi anni della sua vita gestendo una scuola di volo e una compagnia aerea che alla fine entr\u00f2 a far parte della rete di US Airways. Nel 1952 fu l&#039;ultimo civile a ricevere la Distinguished Flying Cross. Mor\u00ec nel 1970 e il suo aereo da corsa Meteor, dorato e argentato, \u00e8 ora esposto allo Smithsonian, non lontano da Gilmore.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Molti piloti volarono pi\u00f9 veloci nei decenni successivi. Nessuno, per\u00f2, eguagli\u00f2 mai Roscoe Turner per il suo stile inconfondibile e irripetibile: il colonnello che non era del tutto un colonnello, in un&#039;uniforme che non gli piaceva, con un leone in grembo e un&#039;intera nazione a guardarlo.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><em>Fonti: Roscoe Turner (Wikipedia); Carroll V. Glines, <\/em>Roscoe Turner: il maestro dello spettacolo dell&#039;aviazione<em> (Smithsonian, 1995); Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum (\u201cGilmore the Flying Lion\u201d).<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background:#f0f4ff;border-left:4px solid #5C91FF;padding:16px 20px;margin:32px 0 8px;border-radius:0 8px 8px 0\"><p style=\"margin:0 0 8px;font-weight:600;color:#333\">Post correlati<\/p><p style=\"margin:4px 0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/schneider-trophy-supermarine-s6b-spitfire-merlin\/\">La corsa aerea che ha portato alla creazione dello Spitfire<\/a><\/p><p style=\"margin:4px 0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/reno-national-championship-air-races-final-year-2023\/\">L&#039;ultimo giro a Reno<\/a><\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Picture a man leaning out of an open cockpit in a powder-blue military tunic he designed himself, a waxed moustache curling at the tips, waving to the crowd &mdash; and cradling a live lion cub in the crook of his arm. 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