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Official program for the National Air Races of 1929 in Cleveland. The National Air Races (also known as Pulitzer Trophy Races) are a series of pylon and cross-country races that have taken place in the United States since 1920. The science of aviation, and the speed and reliability of aircraft and engines grew rapidly during this period; the ...
The first series followed the award of a "Thompson Cup" in the 1929 National Air Races to the winner of the "International Land Plane Free-For-All" (that is, the unlimited class race). Thompson Products (a predecessor to TRW ) decided to sponsor a trophy to be awarded for the next ten years for unlimited class racing (though a stipulation was ...
Clifford "Cliff" Henderson (1895–1984) was the managing director of the National Air Races from 1928 through 1939. Described as "the Barnum of aviation," he obtained sponsors for two of the most well-known air races of the period, the Bendix transcontinental and the Thompson closed-course classics. [1] The Thompson Trophy was first awarded in ...
1939 National Air Races - New owner Tom Stauch did not file correct paperwork to fly. 1947 Goodyear Races re-engined for Formula One Air Racing. Piloted by Bill Falck. 1948 Cleveland Air Races; In 1977 the aircraft was donated to the EAA Airventure Museum in Oshkosh, Wisconsin where it is now restored.
National Air Races: Cessna GC-1: US: 1930: Cirrus Air Derby: Chester Jeep: US: 1932: National Air Races: Chester Goon: US: 1938: National Air Races: Christensen Zipper: US: 1948: Built for the Goodyear midget air races Church Midwing JC-1: US: 1928: National Air Races: Command-Aire Little Rocket: US: 1930: Cirrus Air Derby [citation needed ...
In 1938 he flew, for the first time, a Keith Rider racer dubbed The Firecracker, owned by air racing enthusiast Bill Schoenfeldt. In this plane, he won the Greve Trophy in Cleveland that year. His landing after that flight was rough and damaged the aircraft too heavily to allow him to compete for the Thompson Trophy the next day.
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The novel was loosely based on the 1929 Women's Air Derby, the first official women-only air race in the United States held during the 1929 National Air Races. A total of 19 pilots took off from Santa Monica, California on August 18, 1929 (another left the next day) with 15 pilots continuing to Cleveland, Ohio , landing nine days later.