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General Rules and Regulations Covering All Events A - PLANE ELIGIBILITY (1) All airplanes with any type of Department of Commerce license shall be eligible to enter all events. (2) Foreign airplanes from foreign countries are eligible to enter any event provided they have been registered or licensed by their respective governments, and meet the proper license requirements as set forth by the Department of Commerce. (3) Any type of engine, with or without supercharger, may be used, subject to approval of the Contest Committee and provided the aircraft entered is eligible for the type of license displayed. (4) License cards must be prominently displayed in all aircraft entered in order to be eligible to start in any event for which it is entered. (5) Qualifying Speed Dashes will be held and contestants must be compete and qualify in these Speed Dashes in order to be eligible for the events covering Speed Dashes as follows: (a) Motors with 200 cubic inch displacement or less entered in the Closed Course Events must make a qualifying speed of 100 miles per hour. (b) Motors with 375 cubic inch displacement or less entered in the Closed Course Events must make a qualifying speed of 150 miles per hour. (c) Motors with 550 cubic inch displacement or less entered in the Closed Course Events must make a qualifying speed of 175 miles per hour. (d) Motors with 1000 cubic inch displacement or less entered in the Closed Course Events must make a qualifying speed of 200 miles per hour. (e) The qualifying speed for the Frank Phillips Trophy Race will be 225 miles per hour. (f) The qualifying speed for the Walter E. Olson Trophy Race will be 175 miles per hour. B - RULES OF THE FACE (1) Method of Starting-If "Race Horse Start" proves practical, it will be continued throughout the entire series of Closed Course Events. (a) Planes entered in any Closed Course Event will be lined upon the starting line, with engines idling, from left to right, in order of receipt of entries. At a given signal, all planes will take off together. (b) In taking off in the "Race Horse" start, no plane shall cut in front of another until a safe distance has been gained. Any plane passing another plane must keep at least 150 feet to the right, or 50 feet above the plane being overtaken. (2) All pylon turns must be made to the left and outside of the pylon. (3) A plane overtaken must hold its true course in order that it may not in any way impede or interfere with a faster, overtaking ship. PAGE 14 (4) A plane overtaking a slower plane shall never attempt to pass between that plane and the pylon. (5) After crossing the finish line, all planes shall continue on their course until they have attained an altitude of 1,000 ft., then they may turn and return to the airport and land in that part of the field assigned for landing and in so doing shall not cross the course of the finish line. (6) Pilots shall pass all turning points in plain view of the observing officials, stationed at each turning point, and at an altitude of not over 500 ft. (7) A race in progress may be cancelled or declared finished by the referee by raising the red cancellation flag at the top of the home pylon. If a race is sixty per cent or more completed when the cancellation signal flag is raised the race is finished, and the prize money will be awarded on a basis of the position of the contestants at that time. If the race is less than sixty per cent completed the race will be declared cancelled and run over at a later date. Responsibility for seeing the cancellation flag rests with the contestants. FOULING MARK - Any competitor who has failed to turn a pylon properly may validly continue on the circuit provided he makes a complete turn of the said pylon and then continues his course in the proper direction, otherwise he is automatically disqualified from that event. C - FINISH OF THE RACE (1) The finish of all Closed Course Events will be made by passing over the finish line in front of and at right angles to the grandstand, after completing the required number of laps allowed in the Closed Course or other prescribed course. D - WINNER OF THE RACE (1) The winner of first place, in any event, where speed is the determining factor, shall be the pilot who has completed a full course in the shortest elapsed time, and of second place, the second best time, etc., provided the pilot is not disqualified. The National Contest Committee reserves the right to interpret these Rules and Regulations and make changes they deem necessary. General Rules and Regulations Governing Parachute Jumping Contest (1) Each contestant will be required to jump from a minimum of 2,000 feet, landing as near as possible to a predetermined point marked on the Airport. (2) This contest is open to all experienced jumpers. Each jumper must furnish his own airplane and parachute. (3) Contestants will be disqualified for pulling second chute except in case of an emergency. (4) Points will be awarded for the sweepstake purse in the following manner: Jumper winning first place in the parachute event each day will receive five (5) points, second place four (4) points; third place three (3) points; fourth place two (2) points; fifth place (1) point. INTERNATIONAL AIR RACES
