Maximum Speed Trial
The last part of the Challenge was a maximum speed trial, on a 297 km triangular course. The trial was carried out on Sunday, September 16, from 4 pm, at the Mokotowskie airfield in Warsaw.
Due to a handicapping system, contestants took off in order of general classification, with proper intervals, and an amount of points given in the speed trial meant, that the first on the finishing line would be the winner of the contest. Each km/h above 210 km/h was awarded with one point.
The fastest were three German Bf 108s, with Theo Osterkamp at the lead (291 km/h). Next three places were taken by the Polish RWD-9s: Stanisław Płonczyński, Jan Buczyński, Jerzy Bajan and Henryk Skrzypiński, the later ex eaquo with Hans Seidemann (Fi 97). The Pole Ignacy Giedgowd (PZL.26) and the Italian Ernesto Sanzin (Ba-39S) had to land due to engine faults and scored 0 points.
| All results of the maximum speed trial | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pilot | country | aircraft | speed | points | |
| 1. | Theo Osterkamp | Nazi Germany | Bf 108A | 291 km/h | 81 pts |
| 2. | Karl Francke | Nazi Germany | Bf 108A | 287 km/h | 77 pts |
| 3. | Werner Junck | Nazi Germany | Bf 108A | 283 km/h | 73 pts |
| 4. | Stanisław Płonczyński | Poland | RWD-9S | 255 km/h | 45 pts |
| 5. | Jan Buczyński | Poland | RWD-9S | 254 km/h | 44 pts |
| 6. | Jerzy Bajan | Poland | RWD-9S | 251 km/h | 41 pts |
| 7/8. | Henryk Skrzypiński | Poland | RWD-9W | 243 km/h | 33 pts |
| 7/8. | Hans Seidemann | Nazi Germany | Fieseler Fi 97 | 243 km/h | 33 pts |
| 9. | Piotr Dudziński | Poland | PZL.26 | 241 km/h | 31 pts |
| 10/11. | Gerhard Hubrich | Nazi Germany | Fieseler Fi 97 | 239 km/h | 29 pts |
| 10/11. | Georg Pasewaldt | Nazi Germany | Fieseler Fi 97 | 239 km/h | 29 pts |
| 12/14. | Wolf Hirth | Nazi Germany | Fieseler Fi 97 | 237 km/h | 27 pts |
| 12/14. | Ján Ambruš | Czechoslovakia | Aero A.200 | 237 km/h | 27 pts |
| 12/14. | Jan Anderle | Czechoslovakia | RWD-9W | 237 km/h | 27 pts |
| 15. | Kurt Bayer | Nazi Germany | Fieseler Fi 97 | 236 km/h | 26 pts |
| 16. | Vojtěch Žaček | Czechoslovakia | Aero A.200 | 224 km/h | 14 pts |
| 17. | Armando François | Italy | PS-1 | 223 km/h | 13 pts |
Bf 108s managed to improve their positions, but first four places in general classification have not changed. The first contestants arrived in order: Bajan - Płonczyński - Seidemann - Ambruz - Osterkamp - Junck.
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