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General Rules and Regulations Governing All Events 1936 National Air Races A--Plane Eligibility--Free-for-All Races 1. Airplanes with any type of Department of Commerce license shall be eligible for entry in free-for-all events. 2. Foreign-built airplanes are eligible to enter in free-for-all events if the aircraft is inspected and carries the racing permits issued by the Air Ministry of their respective countries. 3. Any type of engine with or without supercharger may be used subject to approval of the Race Contest Committee and provided the aircraft entered is eligible for the type of license displayed. 4. Qualifying speed dashes will be held and contestants must compete and qualify in those speed dashes in order to be eligible for the closed course events. (a) Motors with 266 cubic-inch displacement or less entered in th closed course events must make a qualifying speed of 115 miles per hour. (b) Motors with 375 cubic inch displacement or less entered in the closed course events must makes a qualifying speed of 175 miles per hour. (c) Motors with 550 cubic-inch displacement or less entered in the closed course events must make qualifying speed of 200 miles per hour. (d) Motors with unlimited cubic-inch displacement entered in the closed course events must make a qualifying speed of 225 miles per hour. B--Rules of the Races 1. Method of Starting--If "Race Horse Start" proves practical, it will be continued throughout the entire series of free-for-all closed course races. (a) Planes entered in any closed course race will be lined up on the starting line with engines idling, from left to right in order of qualifying speed established in qualifying speed dashes. 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 plant 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. 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 feet, then they may turn and return to the airport and land in that part of the field assigned for landing and in doing so 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 feet. 7. Cancellation of a race in progress. The referee shall have the power to cancel or declare finished a race in progress. If the race has been 60 per cent or more completed at the time that a red flag is displayed at the start and finish line, the race shall be declared finished. If it is not 60 percent completed, it shall be declared cancelled and run over at a later date. Responsibility of seeing the cancellation flag rests with the contestants. 8. Pilots must at all times be on the lookout for transport airplanes in the vicinity of the airport and in taking off and landing. Transports are to have the right-of-way at all times in the vicinity of the airport. C--Pilot Eligibility 1. Pilots must be licenses by the Department of Commerce and hold the F. A. I. Certificate and Annual Sporting License issues by the Contest Board of the National Aeronautic Association, Dupont Circle, Washington, D.C. 2. To be eligible to participate in the closed course events each pilot must: (a) Have the equivalent of transport pilot time (minimum, 200 hours). (b) Furnish satisfactory proof that he has participated in at least five closed course races. 3. Each woman pilot entered in a closed course event must furnish satisfactory proof that she has had at least 25 hours on the plane to be flown in the event, or its equivalent. 4. Pilots must fly alone in all closed course events and it is requested by the Air Race Committee that they wear parachutes. 5. The Contest Directors reserve the right to require any pilot to prove he is qualified to fly the ship he has entered for participation in the closed course events. D--Pylon Turns During Race--What Constitutes Cutting of Pylon 1. A pilot who has cut the pylon (turning inside or having any part of the plane over the pylon constitutes "cutting") may validly continue in the race provided he makes a complete turn around the same pylon in proper direction of the race before continuing his course; otherwise, he is automatically disqualified from the event. E--Finish of the the Race 1. The finish of all closed course races 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. F--Winner of the Race 1. The winner of the first place, in any event where speed is the determining factor, shall be the pilot who has completed a full race in the shortest elapsed time, and of second place, the second best time, etc., provided the pilot is not disqualified. 2. The National Contest Board reserves the right to interpret these rules and regulations and make any changes they deem necessary. General Rules and Regulations Governing Parachute Jumping Contests 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. A parachute jumper landing outside of the landing area of the airport will be disqualified. 1936 National Air Races Page 15
