Results
A closing ceremony was held after the maximum speed test on August 28. The winners were the Polish crew: pilot Franciszek Żwirko and mechanic Stanisław Wigura, with 461 points. Their success was not only a result of their aviation skills, but also of the technical features of their Polish-designed RWD-6 (which Wigura had co-designed). Due to Żwirko's victory, the next Challenge 1934 was organized in Warsaw.
The second and third place was occupied jointly by Germans: Fritz Morzik (Heinkel He 64c, the winner of the Challenge 1930) and Reinhold Poss (Klemm Kl 32V) with 458 points. The 5th place was taken by Switzerland's Robert Frenz flying German Klemm Kl 32. Tadeusz Karpiński flying the other RWD-6, took the 9th place. The best Czech, Josef Kalla, took 16th place, the best French contestant, Raymond Delmotte - 20th place. The Challenge was completed by only 24 crews out of 43 (12 German, 4 Polish, 4 French, 3 Czechoslovak and 1 Swiss).
| Pilot | country | aircraft | registration / starting number |
points: technical + race + speed |
= total | |
| 1. | Franciszek Żwirko | Poland | RWD-6 | SP-AHN / O6 | 245 + 211 + 5 | 461 |
| 2/3. | Fritz Morzik | Germany | Heinkel He 64c | D-2304 / C6 | 224 + 220 + 14 | 458 |
| 2/3. | Reinhold Poss | Germany | Klemm Kl 32 | D-2261 / B9 | 234 + 217 + 7 | 458 |
| 4. | Wolfgang Stein | Germany | Heinkel He 64c | D-2302 / A8 | 221 + 220 + 12 | 453 |
| 5. | Robert Fretz | Switzerland | Klemm Kl 32 | CH-360 / S2 | 231 + 217 + 4 | 452 |
| 6. | Wolf Hirth | Germany | Klemm Kl 32 | D-2328 / E1 | 230 + 220 + 0 | 450 |
| 7/8. | Otto Cuno | Germany | Klemm Kl 32 | D-2310 / C2 | 224 + 218 + 5 | 447 |
| 7/8. | Hans Seidemann | Germany | Heinkel He 64b | D-2260 / A9 | 214 + 220 + 13 | 447 |
| 9. | Tadeusz Karpiński | Poland | RWD-6 | SP-AHL / O4 | 238 + 200 + 5 | 443 |
| 10. | Robert Lusser | Germany | Klemm Kl 32 | D-2311 / B6 | 219 + 213 + 5 | 437 |
| 11. | Jerzy Bajan | Poland | PZL.19 | SP-AHK / O3 | 223 + 206 + 4 | 433 |
| 12/13. | Georg Pasewaldt | Germany | Klemm Kl 32 | D-2320 / C4 | 219 + 202 + 5 | 426 |
| 12/13. | Theo Osterkamp | Germany | Klemm Kl 32 | D-2312 / B7 | 219 + 204 + 3 | 426 |
| 14. | Werner Junck | Germany | Heinkel He 64c | D-2305 / E2 | 225 + 186 + 13 | 424 |
| 15. | Dietrich von Massenbach | Germany | Heinkel He 64c | D-2303 / A6 | 183 + 220 + 12 | 415 |
| 16. | Josef Kalla | Czechoslovakia | Praga BH-111 | OK-BAH / T2 | 192 + 211 + 5 | 408 |
| 17. | Walter Marienfeld | Germany | Darmstadt D-22a | D-2222 / B8 | 145 + 220 + 10 | 375 |
| 18. | Ignacy Giedgowd | Poland | PZL.19 | SP-AHI / O2 | 198 + 142 + 5 | 345 |
| 19. | Jan Anderle | Czechoslovakia | Breda Ba.15S | OK-WAL / T1 | 143 + 130 + 0 | 273 |
| 20. | Raymond Delmotte | France | Caudron C.278 | F-ALXB / K4 | 192 + 73 + 0 | 265 |
| 21. | František Klepš | Czechoslovakia | Praga BH-111 | OK-BEH / T4 | 196 + 25 + 0 | 221 |
| 22. | Piere Duroyon | France | Potez 43 | F-AMBN / K3 | 171 + 43 + 0 | 214 |
| 23. | Maurice Arnoux | France | Farman F-234 | F-ALLY / K5 | 89 + 73 + 0 | 162 |
| 24. | André Nicolle | France | Mauboussin M.12 | F-A??? / K6 | 111 + 40 + 0 | 151 |
The first prize in the Challenge was 100,000 French franc, the 2nd - 50,000 FRF, the 3rd - 25,000 FRF, the 4th - 13,000 FRF, 16 other crews would get 7,000 FRF.
Less than a month after the Challenge, Franciszek Zwirko and Stanislaw Wigura died in an accident, flying their RWD-6 to Czechoslovakia in a storm on September 11, 1932. Reinhold Poss also died in an accident in 1933. Winifred Spooner died the same year.
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