Having sped through the air at the rate of 156.5 mph, Lieutenant C.C. Mosley of the United States Army Air Service, piloted an American built Verville-Packard airplane, won the first aerial contest for the Pulitzer Trophy (1920) yesterday at Mitchel Field, near Garden City. The attached announcement from a 1920 issue of THE INDEPENDENT is illustrated with a picture of the victorious pilot standing before his prized Verville Packard.

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Verville Packard wins first Pulitzer Trophy Airplane Race 1920Pilot C.C. Mosley flies Verville Packard to victory 1920Pilot CC Mosley wins first Pulitzer Trophy Airplane Race 1920
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