Bendix Trophy
Winners

Bendix Trophy

Section Title: Winners
Table Section Text: None

Propeller Class

Year	Start Location	End Location	Pilot	Plane	Speed (MPH)	Time (H:M:S)	Prize

1931	Burbank	Cleveland	Maj. James H. Doolittle	Super Solution	223.06	09:10:21.0	$7,500

1932	Burbank	Cleveland	Capt. Jasper H. Haizlip	WW-44	245.00	08:19:45.0	$8,750

1933	New York	Los Angeles	Roscoe Turner	WW-44	214.78	11:30:00.0	$4,050

1934	Burbank	Cleveland	Doug Davis	WW-44	216.24	09:26:41.0	$4,500

1935	Burbank	Cleveland	Ben Howard	DGA-6	238.70	08:33:16.3	$4,500

1936	New York	Los Angeles	Louise Thaden Blanche Noyes	C-17R	165.35	14:55:01.0	$4,500

1937	Los Angeles	Cleveland	Frank W. Fuller Jr.	SEV-2S	258.20	07:54:26.3	$9,000

1938	Los Angeles	Cleveland	Jacqueline Cochran	SEV-2S	249.11	08:10:31.4	$9,000

1939	Los Angeles	Cleveland	Frank W. Fuller Jr.	SEV-2S	282.10	07:14:19.0	$9,000

1940	No races during this period due to World War II

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

1946	Los Angeles	Cleveland	Paul Mantz	P-51	435.50	04:43:14.0	$10,000

1947	Los Angeles	Cleveland	Paul Mantz	P-51	460.42	04:26:57.4	$10,000

1948	Los Angeles	Cleveland	Paul Mantz	P-51	447.98	04:33:48.7	$10,000

1949	Rosamond Dry Lake	Cleveland	Joe DeBona (Flying for Jimmy Stewart)	F-51	470.14	04:16:17.5	$10,000

Jet Class

Year	Start Location	End Location	Pilot	Plane	Speed (MPH)	Time (H:M:S)	Prize

1946	Van Nuys	Cleveland	Leon W. Gray	F/P-80A	494.78	04:08:00.0

1947	Cleveland	Leon W. Gray	F/P-80A	507.26	04:02:00.0

1948	Cleveland	Ens. F. E. Brown	FJ-1	489.53	04:11:00.0

1949	Cleveland	Vernon A. Ford	F-84E	529.61	03:45:51.0

1950	No race this year due to Korean War

1951	Muroc Field	Detroit	Col. Keith K. Compton	F-86A	553.76	03:27:00.0

1952	No race this year due to Korean War

1953	Muroc Field	Wright-Patterson Air Force Base	Maj. William T. Whisner Jr.	F-86F	603.55	03:05:25.0

1954	Capt. Edward W. Kenny	F-84F	616.21	03:01:56.0

1955	Victorville	Philadelphia	Col. Carlos Talbott	F-100C	610.726

1956	George Air Force Base	Tinker Air Force Base	Capt. Manuel Fernandez Jr.	F-100C	666.66

1957	Chicago	Andrews Air Force Base	Capt. Kenneth Chandler	F-102A	679.00	02:54:45.0

1958	No award these years

1959

1960

1961	Los Angeles	New York	Lt. Richard F. Gordon Jr. Lt. Bobbie R. Young	F4H-1	869.74	02:47:00.0

1962	Los Angeles	New York	Capt. Robert G. Sowers Capt. Robert MacDonald Capt. John T. Walton	B-58A	1,214.17	02:00:56.8

Sentence(s)

DGA-6 flown by Ben Howard in the 1935 race, won the Bendix Trophy.

final_sentence: DGA-6 flown by Ben Howard in the 1935 race, won the Bendix Trophy.