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RULES GOVERNING THE RACE

The Bendix Aviation Corporation is sponsoring the BENDIX TROPHY RACE, a free-for-all transcontinental speed dash, starting at Van Nuys, California, and finishing at Cleveland Municipal Airport, Cleveland, Ohio, and will award the Bendix Trophy to the winner in the "R" Division.

1. $24,000 of the above total purse will be awarded to the winners of the first seven places in the "R" Division on the following basis:

1st Place -- $10,000.00
2nd Place --   5,500.00
3rd Place --   3,000.00
4th Place --   2,500.00 
5th Place -- $ 1,500,00
6th Place --   1,000.00
7th Place --     500.00

2. $1,000.00 of the above total purse will be awarded to the first woman pilot making the fastest elapsed time between the starting point at Van Nuys, California, and the finishing point at the National Air Races, Cleveland, Ohio.

3. The Bendix Transcontinental Speed Dash offers competition for all types of airplanes. There will be two Divisions--the "J" Division for U. S. Military Jet Airplanes, and the "R" Division for reciprocating engine airplanes. the "R" Division will be limited to 50 starters. There will be no competition between the "J" Division and the "R" Division for the prize money. The contest may be flown either non-stop without refueling, or with refueling in flight, or with refuel landings, at the pilot's option. The shortest elapsed time from the starting point at Van Nuys, California, to the finishing point at Cleveland, Ohio, will be the method declaring the winner.

4. No pilot will be permitted to start in the Bendix Trophy Race who has not filled an entry with the Race Contest Committee at Cleveland before August 19, 1947. No airplane will be permitted to start which arrives at the starting point less than 24 hours before the start of the race. THERE WILL BE NO