1926 National Air Tour
The 1926 Air tour started at Ford Field on August 7, 1926. The event featured the unvieling of the prototype Ford Flivver. There was a field of 25 contestants. A new scoring system for time to "stick" and "unstick" aircraft to the ground helped promote the use of brakes which were unpopular at the time.
The new Ford Trimotor had a prop failure that shook loose one landing gear and an engine on one side. The plane landed hard in a field at Nova, Ohio. Walter Beech won in a Travel Air aircraft.
- A Pitcairn PA-2 Sesquiwing won in two of the classes.
- Clarence E Clark placed seventh in a Travel Air 3000
- Vance Breese placed eighth in a Ryan M-1.
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