Winners
| Propeller Class | |||||||
| Year | Start Location | End Location | Pilot | Plane | Speed (MPH) |
Time (H:M:S) |
Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1931 | Burbank | Cleveland | Maj. James H. Doolittle | Super Solution | 223.06 | 09:10:21.0 | $ 7,500 |
| 1932 | Burbank | Cleveland | Capt. Jasper H. Haizlip | WW-44 | 245.00 | 08:19:45.0 | $ 8,750 |
| 1933 | New York | Los Angeles | Roscoe Turner | WW-44 | 214.78 | 11:30:00.0 | $ 4,050 |
| 1934 | Burbank | Cleveland | Doug Davis | WW-44 | 216.24 | 09:26:41.0 | $ 4,500 |
| 1935 | Burbank | Cleveland | Ben Howard | DGA-6 | 238.70 | 08:33:16.3 | $ 4,500 |
| 1936 | New York | Los Angeles | Louise Thaden Blanche Noyes |
C-17R | 165.35 | 14:55:01.0 | $ 4,500 |
| 1937 | Los Angeles | Cleveland | Frank W. Fuller Jr. | SEV-2S | 258.20 | 07:54:26.3 | $ 9,000 |
| 1938 | Los Angeles | Cleveland | Jacqueline Cochran | SEV-2S | 249.11 | 08:10:31.4 | $ 9,000 |
| 1939 | Los Angeles | Cleveland | Frank W. Fuller, Jr. | SEV-2S | 282.10 | 07:14:19.0 | $ 9,000 |
| 1940 | No races during this period due to World War II | ||||||
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| 1946 | Los Angeles | Cleveland | Paul Mantz | P-51 | 435.50 | 04:43:14.0 | $ 10,000 |
| 1947 | Los Angeles | Cleveland | Paul Mantz | P-51 | 460.42 | 04:26:57.4 | $ 10,000 |
| 1948 | Los Angeles | Cleveland | Paul Mantz | P-51 | 447.98 | 04:33:48.7 | $ 10,000 |
| 1949 | Rosamond Dry Lake | Cleveland | Joe DeBona | F-51 | 470.14 | 04:16:17.5 | $ 10,000 |
| Jet Class | |||||||
| Year | Start Location | End Location | Pilot | Plane | Speed (MPH) |
Time (H:M:S) |
Prize |
| 1946 | Van Nuys | Cleveland | Leon W. Gray | F/P-80A | 494.78 | 04:08:00.0 | |
| 1947 | Cleveland | Leon W. Gray | F/P-80A | 507.26 | 04:02:00.0 | ||
| 1948 | Cleveland | Ens. F. E. Brown | FJ-1 | 489.53 | 04:11:00.0 | ||
| 1949 | Cleveland | Vernon A. Ford | F-84E | 529.61 | 03:45:51.0 | ||
| 1950 | No race this year due to Korean War | ||||||
| 1951 | Muroc Field | Detroit | Col. Keith K. Compton | F-86A | 553.76 | 03:27:00.0 | |
| 1952 | No race this year due to Korean War | ||||||
| 1953 | Muroc Field | Wright-Patterson Air Force Base | Maj. William T. Whisner, Jr. | F-86F | 603.55 | 03:05:25.0 | |
| 1954 | Capt. Edward D. Kenny | F-84F | 616.21 | 03:01:56.0 | |||
| 1955 | Victorville | Philadelphia | Col. Carlos M. Talbott | F-100C | 610.726 | ||
| 1956 | George Air Force Base | Tinker Air Force Base | Capt. Manuel Fernandez, Jr. | F-100C | 666.66 | ||
| 1957 | Chicago | Andrews Air Force Base | Capt. Kenneth Chandler | F-102A | 679.00 | 02:54:45.0 | |
| 1958 | No award these years | ||||||
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| 1961 | Los Angeles | New York | Lt. Richard F. Gordon, Jr. Lt. Bobbie R. Young |
F-4H | 869.74 | 02:47:00.0 | |
| 1962 | Los Angeles | New York | Capt. Robert G. Sowers Capt. Robert MacDonald Capt. John T. Walton |
B-58A | 1,214.17 | 02:00:56.8 | |
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