De la Vaulx Medal
The De la Vaulx Medal is an aviation award presented by the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI), the international aviation standard setting and record-keeping body. The award was established in 1933 in memory of the Comte de La Vaulx, who was a founder and president of the FAI.
The De la Vaulx Medal is awarded to holders of recognized absolute world aviation records set during the year before.
Recipients
[edit]The following is an incomplete list of recipients of the De la Vaulx Medal:
- 1934 - Francesco Agello, Regia Aeronautica Italiana[1]
- 1935 - Francesco Agello, Regia Aeronautica Italiana[2]
- 1937 - Mikhail Gromov, Andrey Yumashev and Sergey Danilin, Soviet crew, non-stop flight distance record of 10,148 kilometers (6,306 mi) from Moscow, Russia, to San Jacinto, California, US, via the North Pole
- 1938 - Ronald Gustave Kellet, Royal Air Force Pilot[3]
- 1951 - Fred Ascani, 100-kilometer closed course speed record of 635 mph in an F-86E[4]
- 1986 - Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager, around-the-world flight of the Rutan Voyager[5]
- 2016 - Alberto Porto, Aircraft engineer & pilot, world speed record of the class R in a Risen (airplane)[6]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Search Agello De la Vaulx Medal, FAI web site. Retrieved December 11, 2016.
- ^ Search Agello De la Vaulx Medal, FAI web site. Retrieved December 11, 2016.
- ^ Search Kellet De la Vaulx Medal, FAI web site. Retrieved December 11, 2016.
- ^ Ascani De la Vaulx Medal Archived 2011-05-18 at the Wayback Machine, FAI web site. Retrieved July 14, 2008.
- ^ Deaver, Bill (2006-11-16). "Dick Rutan earns another Bleriot Award". Mojave Desert News.
- ^ Search Porto De la Vaulx Medal, FAI web site. Retrieved December 11, 2016.