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Turner, Roscoe. Roscoe Turner (1895-1970) was a pilot who set transcontinental speed records in the 1930s. In 1935 a fictionalized version of Turner appeared in the Celebrity Pulp radio serial Flying Adventures of Roscoe Turner.

The fictional Turner’s adventures were typical of those of radio aviators.

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