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AUTOMOBILE STARTERS, BRAKES AND THE “PERSON- AL AIRPLANE”


MANAGEMENT IN AVIATION HISTORY 1936


BENCH MARKS


Louise Thaden and Blanche Noyes (fi rst year women were allowed to compete against men)


Vincent Hugo Bendix [1881-1945], an inventor from Il- linois, formed the Bendix Aviation Corporation in 1927 in South Bend, IN. Bendix had already gained recognition for his successful invention of an electric starter for automobiles and advanced vehicle braking systems. Bendix also took over companies making aviation magnetos and carbure- tors. In order to increase interest in aviation and boost sales, Bendix created a trophy in 1931. This would be given to the pilot who established the fastest transcontinental speed record, initially fl own from Burbank, CA, to Cleveland. Be- ginning in 1946, the Bendix trophy race departed and fi nished at various cities and was held each year until 1949, with a break during WWII. The original trophy was duplicated and given to the winners, among which were some of America’s most endearing and legendary aviators: 1931 Maj. James “Jimmy” H. Doolittle 1933 Roscoe Turner


1938 Jacqueline Cochran Hollywood stunt pilot Paul Mantz won the Bendix tro-


phy three years in a row (1946–1948). Pioneer aviator Davis won the Bendix trophy in 1934. That same year, he was killed while participating in the Thompson air race in Cleveland. Between 1946 and 1962, the race was renamed for the “Jet


Class” and between 1998 and 2011, it was transformed into the Aviation Safety Award sponsored by Honeywell/Bendix.


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