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
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 [ru], 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
References
- ^ 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.