The photo shows the Bonanza surrounded by crowds on arrival, a situation to be often repeated as it went on to break more records and make a round-the-world flight. In 1975 it was preserved in the National Air & Space Museum, Washington, D.C. Wing span (without tip tanks) 10 m (32 ft 10 in.), Loaded weight 1156 kg (2550 lb).

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Beechcraft Model 33/35 Bonanza - СШАUSA - 1945

THE RECORD HOLDERS, 1949. * Category 3 [1000-1750 kg] Distance in straight line - 7/8.3.49 Beech Bonanza N80040 "Waikiki Beach" c/n D-4; 7,977.92 km from Hickam Field, Hawaii to Teterboro, New Jersey by Capt W.P. (Bill) Odom, who made his name as a distance flyer with this flight, from Honolulu to Teterboro, New Jersey. Bonanza c/n 4 "Waikiki Beach" was fitted with wingtip tanks which increased the total fuel capacity to 288 US gal. Powered by a 185 hp Continental 'flat six' engine, it covered the 5,274 miles at an average speed of 146.3 mph.
Category by engine capacity - * Category 1 [6.5 - 9 litre/cc) Distance in straight line - N80040 as Category 3 above.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Beechcraft Model 33/35 Bonanza - СШАUSA - 1945

THE RECORD HOLDERS, 1949. Category by auw * Category 2 [500-1000 kg]
Speed over 100km - 16.9.49 Yak 18; 262.771 km/hr [Mile A Bodriaguina]
Speed over 1000km -16.9.49 Yak 18; 223.560 km/hr [Y Forostenco]
These were only the first of a series of records for the Yak 18, a 2 seat trainer with retractable undercarriage and originally with a 160 hp M-11FR 5-cyl radial engine. The record aircraft (unidentified) was represented by photographs of a military example such as that here but, in spite of the publicity to be gained, little information seems to have escaped the habitual Russian censorship of the period. The Yak 50/52 series variants to be seen in Britain today are all descendants of the Yak 18, which itself descended from the fixed undercarriage 1937 UT-1/UT-2 with fixed undercarriage. Wing span 10.6 m (34 ft 9 in.), Loaded weight (trainer) 1300 kg (2866 lb).

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Яковлев Як-18 - РоссияRussia - 1946

Ranald Porteous had his own technique for moving his Chilton monoplane around which was to lift it by the tailskid with a low throttle setting and let it take him along. It broke the international 100 km closed-circuit speed record in its class.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Chilton D.W.1 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1937

THE RECORD HOLDERS, 1949. Category by engine capacity * Category 4 [up to 2 litre/cc]
Speed over 100km - 31.8.47 Chilton Monoplane G-AFSV c/n DW.1A/1, 199.115 km/hr (123.724 mph) by Ranald Porteous at Lympne. Porteous, Chief Test Pilot of Auster Aircraft and previously CFI of the Derby Aero Club, flew the prototype DW.l G-AESZ (32 hp Carden Ford 4-cyl watercooled upright in-line) and later owned DW.1A G-AFSV (44 hp Train 4T 4-cyl inverted in-line) with which he broke the record when flying in the Folkestone Aero Trophy at Lympne in 1947. Wing span 7.32 m (24 ft), Loaded weight 295 kg (650 lb).

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Chilton D.W.1 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1937

THE RECORD HOLDERS, 1949. Category by engine capacity * Category 1 [6.5 - 9 litre/cc]
Altitude - 7.7.39 Messerschmitt Bf108 special, fitted with Hirth HM 508C engine; 9075m, Hermann Illg. Designed by Willy Messerschmitt and built by the Bayerische Flugzeugwerke A.G., the Bf 108A first flew in 1934 powered by a 225 hp Hirth HM8U 8-cyl inverted vee engine. Only 6 were built with this engine before production commenced with the Bf 108B with 240 hp Argus As 10B/270 hp Argus As 10E 8-cyl inverted vee. Unidentified. The photo was published 28.6.39, just 10 days before the record was broken. Wing span 10.31 m (33 ft 10 in.), Bf 108B Loaded weight 1352 kg (2981 lb).

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Messerschmitt Bf.108 Taifun - ГерманияGermany - 1934

THE RECORD HOLDERS, 1949. Category by engine capacity * Category 3 [2 - 4 litre/cc]
Altitude - 5.7.39 Gotha Go.150 D-ESPL (two 55hp Zundapp 9-092); 8048 m by Dr Fritz Platz over Gotha airfield. But for the outbreak of WW2, the Go 150 would have probably been successful as a low-powered twin for private owners, its two 50 hp Zundapp Z-9 4-cyl inverted in-line engines providing economical operation with single-engine capability. Production was started and a line-up photo shows 9 aircraft. These were apparently in addition to 2 in early photos which showed D-ERCQ, earliest known registration and presumably the prototype, and D-ESPL, the aircraft in which Dr.Platz broke the altitude record in its class only 2 months before the British declaration of war on 3 Sept 1939. Wing span was 11.8 m (38 ft 9 in.), Loaded weight 825 kg (1819 lb).

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Gotha Go.150 - ГерманияGermany - 1936

THE RECORD HOLDERS, 1949. Category by engine capacity * Category 2 [4 - 6.5 litre/cc]
Altitude - 18.10.38 Klemm Kl-35B D-ERLQ; 8,303 m Helmut Kalkstein. The Klemm Kl.35B broke height records (and speed records 11/12.9.38) as a single seater landplane and seaplane. The record breaking aircraft D-ERLQ had interchangeable floatplane and landplane undercarriages and was flown in both forms by Klemm Chief Pilot Helmut Kalkstein. It was powered by the 150 hp Hirth HM.506 4-cyl inverted in-line engine in place of the normal 105 hp Hirth HM.504. The WW2 trainer version was the Kl.35D, distinguishable by its 3-strut undercarriage legs in place of the single-leg undercarriage. Wing span 10.4 m (34 ft 1 in.), Loaded weight (seaplane) 750 kg (1653 lb).

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Klemm Kl.35 / Kl.106 - ГерманияGermany - 1935

THE RECORD HOLDERS, 1949. Category by engine capacity * Category 2 [4 - 6.5 litre/cc]
Altitude - 18.10.38 Klemm Kl-35B D-ERLQ; 8,303 m Helmut Kalkstein. The Klemm Kl.35B broke height records (and speed records 11/12.9.38) as a single seater landplane and seaplane. The record breaking aircraft D-ERLQ had interchangeable floatplane and landplane undercarriages (as shown here) and was flown in both forms by Klemm Chief Pilot Helmut Kalkstein. It was powered by the 150 hp Hirth HM.506 4-cyl inverted in-line engine in place of the normal 105 hp Hirth HM.504. The WW2 trainer version was the Kl.35D, distinguishable by its 3-strut undercarriage legs in place of the single-leg undercarriage. Wing span 10.4 m (34 ft 1 in.), Loaded weight (seaplane) 750 kg (1653 lb).

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Klemm Kl.35 / Kl.106 - ГерманияGermany - 1935

Not only fastest over 1000 km in the under 2 litre engine class, the Moller Stomo was also roadable.
THE RECORD HOLDERS, 1949. Category by engine capacity * Category 4 [up to 2 litre/cc]
Speed over 1000km - 2 6.4.39 Moller Stomo III, D-YNER; 187.746 km/hr (116.66 mph) by Max Brandenburg, Bremen to Schwessin. Designed and built by Hans G Moller, the prototype Stomo all-wood single seat monoplane D-YDOL (18 hp Kroeber M4 flat twin) was crashed by test pilot Kurchenmeister and was replaced by D-YDAL. The Stomo 3 D-YNER was fitted with a 42 hp Zundapp 4-cyl inverted inline motorcycle engine of the type which was developed into the 50 hp Zundapp aircraft engine. D-YNER was flown by Max Brandenburg for the record flights. Wing span 7.6 m (24 ft 11 in.), Loaded weight 331 kg (730 lb).

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Moller Stomo 3 - ГерманияGermany - 1936

THE RECORD HOLDERS, 1949. Category by engine capacity * Category 1 [6.5 - 9 litre/cc]
Speed over 100km - 27.8.39 Ambrosini SAI.7 I-DINF; 392.584 km/hr (244 mph) by Giorgio Parodi at Guidonia. I-DINF was a racing version of the SAI.7 with a transparent streamlined cockpit cover extending right forward over the 280 hp Hirth HM.508D 4-cyl inverted in-line engine. The 7 was the first SAI with a retractable undercarriage and it was the basis for the designer Ambrosini's lightweight fighters of WW2. Wing span 9 m (29 ft 6 in.). Loaded weight 1375 kg (3031 lb).

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Ambrosini S.7 - ИталияItaly - 1939

THE RECORD HOLDERS, 1949. Category by engine capacity * Category 3 [2 - 4 litre/cc]
Distance in a straight line - 29/31.12.38, Arado Ar 79 D-EHCR, Benghazi, Libya to Gaya, India 6303.84 km; Horst Pulkowsky & Rudolf Jenett. The Ar 79 broke several speed and distance records in 1938 as a 2-seater flown by Pulkowski and Jenett, and as a single seater with one seat unoccupied. D-EHCR, the farther aircraft in our photograph, was flown with extra tanks by Friedrich Seelbach, Chief Pilot of Arado, as a single seater over 2000 km after an earlier record over 100 km (62.137 miles) at 229.74 km/hr (142.75 mph). The Ar 79 continued in use in WW2 as a communications aircraft. Wing span 10m (32ft 9in.), Loaded weight 760 kg(1675 lb).

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Arado Ar.79 - ГерманияGermany - 1938

THE RECORD HOLDERS, 1949. Category by auw * Category 1 [less than 500kg] Distance in straight line - 28.7.49 Leopoldoff 892.371 km [M E Cassin] The pre-war Leopoldoff Colibri L-3 F-ANRX no. 01 with 45 hp Salmson 9adb 7-cyl radial engine was already a record breaker and its later development, L-6 c/n 27 F-BBCY with 75 hp Regnier 4D2 4-cyl inverted in-line engine broke the distance record in its class in 1949. Wing span 8.71 m (28 ft 7 in.), Loaded weight 474 kg (1,045 lb).

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Leopoldoff Colibri - ФранцияFrance - 1933

THE RECORD HOLDERS, 1949. Category by engine capacity * Category 2 [4 - 6.5 litre/cc]
Distance in straight line - 8.5.49 Morane Saulnier MS.572 F-WCDZ/F-BCDZ prototype c/n 01; 5,932 km by Mme Andree Dupeyron from Mont-de-Marsan to Jiwani, Beluchistan. Its design goes back to the MS.560 single seater which was followed by the MS.570 two seater, the MS.571 2-3 seater and finally the MS.572 as a 3-4 seater. Span of the MS. 571 was 10.4 m (34 ft 1 in.). Loaded weight (3 seater) 1051 kg (2,318 lb).

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Morane-Saulnier MS.560 / MS.570 - ФранцияFrance - 1946

THE RECORD HOLDERS, 1949. Category by engine capacity * Category 3 [2 - 4 litre/cc]
Speed over 100km - 6.5.39 Mauboussin M.200 F-AROP; 274.232 km/hr (170.399 mph) by J-J. Lallemand at Etampes. Speed over 1000km - 7.5.39 Mauboussin M.200 F-AROP; 255.358 km/hr (158.672 mph) by J-J. Lallemand.
Jean-Jacques Lallemand flew Mauboussin 200-01 prototype single-seat racer F-AROP for 2 records in two days. The all-wood racer was powered by a 115 hp Regnier 4-EO 4-cyl inverted in-line engine with a Ratier 2-position propeller. A 1939 variant was the M-202 F-BAOI which became F-WAOI/F-PAOI postwar and still survives today. Wing span of F-AROP was 7.28 m (23 ft 10 in.), Loaded weight 587.5 kg (1295 lb).

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Mauboussin M-200 - ФранцияFrance - 1939

THE RECORD HOLDERS, 1949. Category by engine capacity * Category 2 [4 - 6.5 litre/cc]
Speed over 2000km - 23.10.38 Caudron C.660 Rafale F-ANAK c/n 3556; 317.779 km/hr by Maurice Arnoux. Converted by Arnoux in July 1935 from his Caudron C.530 with the same c/n and registration by fitting the 7.7 m (25 ft 3 in.) wings of the C.430 in place of the C.530's 9 m (29 ft 7 in. ) wings. It had broken speed records in 1934 and he improved on these with the shorter span wing. Originally a 2 seater as shown here, it was later converted to a single seater. A development of the C.600 Aiglon of 1935 of similar configuration to the Miles Magister, it paralleled the high speed C.450 and C.460 racers. The engine was the 140 hp Renault 4Pei 4-cyl inverted in-line with a Ratier v.p. propeller. Loaded weight 898 kg (1980 lb).

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Caudron C.430 / C.660 Rafale - ФранцияFrance - 1934

THE RECORD HOLDERS, 1949. Category by auw * Category 1 [less than 500kg] Altitude - 13.6.49 Leduc RL.16 Monoplane; 7788 m by Rene Leduc. Rene Leduc (not the Rene Leduc who designed ramjets) built his RL.16 specifically for high altitude and long range capability. He flew F-WCDT, powered by a German 50 hp Zundapp 4-cyl inverted in-line engine, to 7788 m (25,551 ft). He later produced the RL.21 F-WJDT, a low wing monoplane with 145 hp SNECMA Regnier 4LO 4-cyl inverted in-line engine, which broke 4 world records in 1960-1966 flown by Raymond Davy. Wing span of the parasol wing RL.16 was 12.8 m (42 ft). Normal weight 330 kg (727 lb).

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Leduc RL-16 - ФранцияFrance - 1947

THE RECORD HOLDERS, 1949. Category by engine capacity * Category 2 [4 - 6.5 litre/cc]
Speed over 100km - 19.9.37 Wittman Special "Chief" R14855; 383.386 km/hr, Steve J Wittman. The photo of Wittman with 'Chief in 1937 shows the tiny 13 ft wingspan not apparent in the side view. The same basic formula with many modifications was used for the Wittman Special racers from NR12047 'Chief Oshkosh' in 1931 to 1954 after which NX14855 as 'Buster' was retired to the Smithsonian Institution and preserved. The fuselage length at 19 ft 3 in. was 6 ft more than the wingspan at this time, although wings of 18 ft and 16 ft span were fitted at different periods in its long racing life. Loaded weight ('Buster') 358.6 kg (789 lb).

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Wittman Chief Oshkosh / Buster - СШАUSA - 1931

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Wittman Chief Oshkosh / Buster - СШАUSA - 1931

THE RECORD HOLDERS, 1949. Category by engine capacity * Category 4 [up to 2 litre/cc]
Distance in straight line - 11.9.48 Starck AS.71 F-PCDH; 2028.599 km. Mile J Poujade.
Janette Poujade broke the record with her Starck AS.71 Jac c/n 14 F-PCDH with 65 hp Walter Mikron III 4-cyl inverted in-line engine. This was similar to F-PBGY c/n 3 shown here. Her 'straight line' distance was flown from Lyon to Sundsvall in Sweden at an average speed of 180 km/hr (112 mph). The 'Jac', a popular abbreviation for Jacques, was a sports aeroplane and fully aerobatic. Wing span 7.4 m (24 ft 3 in.), Loaded weight 320 kg (705 lb).

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Starck AS-70 Jac - ФранцияFrance - 1945