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1937
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-i6o FLIGHT. AUGUST 12, 1937. THE PARIS RALLY A Good Showing by Great Britain : Boundless French Hospitality iifm A Klemm and a Junkers Ju. 52 (the latter used to transport officials and mechanics), with Mr. W. Welton's B.A. Eagle behind, before the massive hangar at Orly. CONTINGENTS from fifteen nations, totalling fifty-four aircraft, participated in the Paris International Rally which concluded at the Orly aerodrome on the after noon of Sunday, August 1. The contest was organised by the former French Air Minister, Laurent- Eynac, as chief aviation delegate to the Paris Exposition, the object being to bring together private owners from all parts of Europe and to entertain them in Paris. The management was in the hands of the Contest Committee of the Aero Club of France, and was open to all members of Associations (excepting France) forming part of the F.A.I. Pilots were allowed to take off at any time after sunrise on July 30 in their respective countries, and the competition entailed covering as much distance as possible before arrival at Orly between two and six o'clock on the Sunday after noon. There were no restrictions as to course taken except that landings had to be properly checked and entered in log books by representatives of the F.A.I. The distance flown by each machine was multiplied by the nirmber of passengers carried as the basis for making individual and national, or team, classifications. In the national section of the contest the first prize of 50,000 francs and a 1937 Paris International Exposition Cup valued at 10,000 francs was awarded to the Royal Aero Club of Great Britain with 66,850 passenger/ km. flown. Fourteen British machines contributed to the success, the highest individual figure recorded in this section of the event being that attained by Mr. Charles Gardner— 43,580 passenger/km. The Aero Club of Portugal took second place, being awarded 20,000 francs and an Exposi tion cup valued at 4,000 francs. The Commander Harold Perrin with the trophy he received in recognition of Britain's fine communal effort in the Paris Rally. It was presented by M. Laurent-Eynac who is seen next to Cdr. Perrin. On the extreme left is Ferrera Dos Santos who made the finest individual effort. Portuguese '' team '' was Mr. Ferrera Dos Santos, who contributed Portugal's sum total of 55,215 points. Ger many, with ten machines, was placed third, taking 10,000 francs and a 4,000-franc cup with a score of 45,340 passenger/km. The remainder of the field finished in the following order (the figures represent the number of passenger/km. recorded): Poland (32,311), Belgium (29,591), Czecho slovakia (16,766), Hungary (15,052), Greece (13,444), Switzerland (8,052), Lithuania (5,598), Luxemberg (4,472), Switzerland (4,004), Netherlands (2,746). In the "individual" category Ferrera Dos Santos carried off the first prize of 40,000 francs for the Aero Club of Portugal. His total of 55,215 passenger/ km. was achieved with a Caudron Goeland monoplane with two 220 h.p. Renault six-cylinder engines. M. Leon Challe acted as co-pilot, and the machine carried nine people for a three-day trip, starting from Buc aerodrome and touch ing at Rome, Berlin, Brussels, Nancy and Orly.
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