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Aviation's Premier Trophy 


In presenting again America's leading cross-country speed event, Bendix salutes the great winners of the past. By pushing winning speeds from 223 to 616 miles per hour they have helped to foster the progress that makes our nation the world's greatest airpower. 

WINNERS OF THE BENDIX TROPHY RACE: 

1931, Major James H. Doolittle; 1932, Capt. James H. Haislip; 1933, Roscoe Turner; 1934, Douglas Davis; 1935, Benjamin O. Howard; 1936, Louise Thaden; 1937, Frank W. Fuller, Jr.; 1938, Jacqueline Cochran; 1939, Frank W. Fuller, Jr.; 1946, Paul Mantz; 1946--Jet Division--Colonel Leon W. Gray; 1947, Paul Mantz; 1947-- Jet Division--Colonel Leon W. Gray; 1948, Paul Mantz; 1948--Jet Division--Ens. R. E. Brown; 1949, Joe DeBona; 1949--Jet Division--Major Vernon A. Ford; 1951, Col. Keith K. Compton; 1953, Major Wm. T. Whisner, Jr.; 1954, Capt. Edward D. Kenny 


THIS IS BENDIX 

Bendix is essentially a great creative engineering and manufacturing organization--unlike any other in America. Its distinguishing mark is its great diversity of products, achievements and endeavors. 
   Bendix builds well over a thousand different products for scores of basic industries. these come from its twenty-six manufacturing divisions from coast to coast. Its achievements include pioneer developments in such fields as radar, braking, carburetion, communications radio, magnetics, instrumentation, hydraulics, computation and many others. Bendix endeavors, current and future, will come from its fourteen research and development laboratories and the integrated knowledge of its engineering staff of 8000--specialists in electronics, electro-mechanics, mechanics, nucleonics, combustion, ultrasonics, ceramics, systems analysis, optics, nuclear physics and aerophysics as well as the field mentioned above. 
   The growth of Bendix in the past quarter century is traceable to many things, but foremost among them is its ability to anticipate the needs of the millions it serves with timely products made to unequivocal standards of quality. Adherence to such policy is assurance Bendix will continue to be known as "THE NAME MILLIONS TRUST". 

Bendix
AVIATION CORPORATION 
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