Harry J. Runser

HARRY J. RUNSER
1890-1981

HARRY RUNSER & ROSCOE TURNER
Collection of Jim Brickley, 10-27-08

HARRY RUNSER & ROSCOE TURNER'S PLANE
PHOTO BY W. W. STROUD
WINSTON SALEM, N. C.
Collection of Jim Brickley, 10-4-08

AIR LIMOUSINE FOR COLUMBIA
Lieut. Turner Says Big Passenger-Carrying Plane to Be Used Here
The Sunday Record, Columbia, SC, Sun, May 15, 1921: p. 7, c. 5
      An eight passenger aerial limousine is to be brought to Columbia within the next 30 to 60 days, according to announcement made by Lieutenant Turner on his return Saturday from New York. This new car is both large and handsome and more details will be given of the "ship" later. This plane is to be used, it is stated, in flying trips in the city and on the proposed aerial route between Columbia and Charlotte and Winston-Salem.
      Lieutenant Turner has returned from the East where he visited aviation plants in New York and Philadelphia and inspected some of the latest models. He also states that a New York financier is to take a large block of stock in the corporation here. It is further planned to have activities in progress making Columbia as the distributing point for three of the most popular planes in use at the present time.
      Dr. Clarence E. Owens, who was on a professional visit to Philadelphia joined Lieutenant Turner in New York. He is also interested in aviation.
      Lieut. Harry J. Runser has also returned from Illinois. While there he visited the Ralph C. Diggins aviation school and states that fine progress is being made. There are now 40 student pilots, among them being two women, he said. The school turns out a number of fliers fully educated in the art every six weeks.
      Lieutenants Runser and Turner will be at Emerson field Sunday afternoon to make flying trips and to take up passengers.

From Corinth Information Database Version 1.3 (6-4-00)

Editor's Notes: This reference to Harry Runser has been excerpted from a really remarkable website which is devoted basicly to Roscoe L. Turner. It is a vast and comprehensive collection of all sorts of material including an extensive and detailed online display of newspaper articles of the period. Unfortunately, it seems to have disappeared from the net. (10-1-03)

ONLINE RESOURCES If you search for "Harry J. Runser", using the Google search engine, (10-9-08), you will find just two links, both of them citing newspaper articles on the NewspaperArchive.com website. There is a fee for accessing the articles.

Harry died on January 22, 1981
from Bartlett Coffin Geneology

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