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[[preprinted]] EVENT No. 26 Women Pilots Only Total Purse $1,500 + (1) Open to cabin and open type airplanes powered with an engine not more than 650 cubic inch piston displacement carrying A. T. C. or Group II License. (2) Three laps of ten-mile course. (3) First prize $750.00, second prize $450.00, third prize $300.00. EVENT No. 27 FREE-FOR-ALL—Women Pilots Only Total Purse $2,000 + (1) Open to any type airplane powered with an engine of not more than 800 cubic inch piston displacement. (2) Five laps of a ten-mile course. (3) First prize $1,000.00, second prize $600.00, third prize $400.00. (4) Required qualifying speed 110 miles per hour. (See Special Event No. 110.) EVENT No. 28 Women Pilots Only Total Purse $2,500 (1) Open to cabin and open type airplanes powered with an engine not more than 1000 cubic inch piston displacement carrying A. T. C. or Group II License. (2) Five laps of a ten-mile course. (3) First prize $1200.00, second prize $750.00, third prize $500.00. EVENT No. 29 Women Pilots Only Total Purse $3,000 (1) Open to cabin and open type airplanes powered with an engine not more than 1850 cubic inch piston displacement carrying A. T. C. or Group II License. (2) Five laps of a ten-mile course. (3) First prize $1500.00, second prize $900.00, third prize $600.00. EVENT No. 30 -Opal- MIXED RACE BY INVITATION Total Purse $2,500 First prize $1250.00, second prize $750.00, third prize $500.00. NOTE: The contest committee will select the contestants for this race which will be free-for-all, for airplanes of approximately 1000 cubic inch piston displacement. EVENT No. 31 CIVILIAN ACROBATIC EXHIBITION Total Purse $3,000 (1) Teams of three airplanes will give demonstrations by invitation. One team each day. (2) $300.00 each day for team flying that day. CHARLES E. THOMPSON TROPHY RACE EVENT No. 32 Men Pilots Only Total Purse $15,000 and Gold, Silver and Bronze Plaques of the Thompson Trophy. Charles Edwin Thompson of Cleveland, Ohio, the donor, has established a beautiful trophy to be competed for annually at the National Air Races in a free-for-all race for any type of airplane equipped with any type engine. The trophy will be awarded annually to the Nation, Department of Government Service, Organization or Chapter of the National Aeronautic Association represented by the winning pilot. It will be retained by the winning body until one month prior to the date on which it is next competed for. (1) A free-for-all speed contest for any type of airplane equipped with any type of engine or engines. Superchargers, special fuels, or any other means may be used to increase the speed of planes entered in this race. (2) Ten laps of a ten-mile course. (3) First prize $7500.00, second prize $4500.00, third prize $3000.00. (4) Required qualifying speed 175 miles per hour. (See Special Event No. 108.) CLEVELAND PNEUMATIC AEROL TROPHY RACE Opal EVENT No. 33 Women Pilots Only Total Purse $7,500 The Cleveland Pneumatic Tool Company of Cleveland, Ohio, has donated a beautiful trophy to be known as the Cleveland Pneumatic Aerol Trophy, to be competed for annually, by women pilots only, at the National Air Races in a free-for-all race for any type of airplane equipped with any type of engine or engines. The trophy will be awarded annually to the Nation, Department of Government Service, Organization or Chapter of The National Aeronautic Association represented by the winning pilot. It will be retained by the winning body until one month prior to the date on which it is next competed for. A silver plaque illustrative of the trophy will be awarded to the winning pilot for permanent possession. (1) A free-for-all speed contest for any type of airplane with any type of engine or engines. Superchargers, special 15 [[/preprinted]]
