Folkerts Speed King SK-3 "Jupiter - Pride of Lemont", 1/16th scale

The Folkerts Speed King SK-3 won the 1937 Thompson Trophy Race. This model was donated by the race sponsor.

Folkerts Speed King SK-3 "Jupiter - Pride of Lemont", 1/16th scale

Clayton Folkerts was a self-taught designer who created a series of racing airplanes in the 1930s. He built the Speed King SK-3 "Jupiter - Pride of Lemont" for mechanic Rudy Kling of Lemont, Illinois in 1937. Kling won the 1937 Thompson Trophy Race in the SK-3, but was killed when it crashed at the 1938 Miami Air Races. Thompson Products, who sponsored the race, donated this model.

Credit: Photo by Eric Long, Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum (NASM 2014-04803).

Date: 2014

Photo Number: NASM 2014-04803

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Folkerts Speed King SK-3 "Jupiter - Pride of Lemont", 1/16th scale

Folkerts Speed King SK-3 "Jupiter - Pride of Lemont", 1/16th scale