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[[IMAGE]] VINCENT BENDIX LEADING THE NATION TO FASTER, SAFER FLIGHT! For the eighth consecutive year, America's top-flight pilots take wing in pursuit of the Vincent Bendix Trophy, emblematic of victory in the nation's most spectacular annual aviation event--the Bendix Transcontinental Free-for-all Trophy Race. More than a pulse-quickening thrill to America's air minded millions of citizens...more than a race for fame and tangible reward... the Vincent Bendix Trophy Race has every year presaged new and important advancements in commercial aviation. Faster airline schedules--surer, closer control of airline traffic--new safeguards of comfort and mental relaxation aloft--all these have invariably followed swiftly in the slipstream of America's aviation classic, the Vincent Bendix Trophy Race. Bendix provides many vital equipment and operation units for all commercial airline planes, as well as for the army, navy, marine corps, coast guard and most individually-owned civilian aircraft. From take-off to landing, Bendix Products are trusted companions to every air traveler. Ignition, carburetion, starting, radio operation, radio ground control, landing gear, and a score of other vital functions are customarily entrusted to Bendix Products. BENDIX AVIATION CORPORATION * Chicago * South Bend * New York 1931 WINNER MAJOR JAMES H. DOOLITTLE Los Angeles to Cleveland--9 hours, 10 minutes, 21 seconds Los Angeles to New York--11 hours, 16 minutes [[image]] 1932 WINNER CAPT. JAMES H. HAIZLIP Los Angeles to Cleveland--8 hours, 20 minutes Los Angeles to New York--10 hours, 19 minutes [[image]] 1933 WINNER COL. ROSCOE TURNER New York to Los Angeles--11 hours, 30 minutes 1934--Los Angeles to New York--10 hours, 2 minutes, 51 seconds [[image]] 1934 WINNER DOUGLAS DAVIS Los Angeles to Cleveland--9 hours, 26 minutes, 41 seconds * * * [[image]] 1935 WINNER BEN O. HOWARD Los Angeles to Cleveland--8 hours, 33 minutes, 16.3 seconds * * * [[image]] 1936 WINNER LOUISE THADEN New York to Los Angeles--14 hours, 54 minutes, 49 seconds * * * [[image]] 1937 WINNER FRANK W. FULLER Los Angeles to Bendix, N.J.--9 hours, 35 minutes * * * [[image]]
