age ~97
from Quitman, AR
Author
Cecil John Allen
ISBN #
0837165652
…ached more than 300mph (480km/h).[88] The race had been a particularly difficult one as one competitor, Cecil Allen, died in a fiery takeoff mishap and rival Jacqueline Cochran was forced to retire due to mechanical problems, the "blinding fog",[89] and violent thunderstorms that plagued the...