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Honeywell Bendix trophy for
Aviation Safety recipients
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1199:02:47:00.0
1145:02:54:45.0
1058:Victorville
1047:03:01:56.0
1013:03:05:25.0
968:03:27:00.0
945:Muroc Field
919:03:45:51.0
891:04:11:00.0
879:F. E. Brown
862:04:02:00.0
837:04:08:00.0
761:04:16:17.5
728:04:33:48.7
719:Paul Mantz
702:04:26:57.4
693:Paul Mantz
676:04:43:14.0
606:07:14:19.0
580:08:10:31.4
552:07:54:26.3
522:14:55:01.0
488:08:33:16.3
458:09:26:41.0
430:11:30:00.0
415:Los Angeles
398:08:19:45.0
365:09:10:21.0
116:founder of
59:introducing
1703:Categories
1448:References
1254:Recipient
982:Korean War
933:Korean War
903:Cleveland
874:Cleveland
850:Cleveland
821:Cleveland
748:Joe DeBona
744:Cleveland
716:Cleveland
690:Cleveland
664:Paul Mantz
660:Cleveland
594:Cleveland
566:Cleveland
536:Cleveland
476:Ben Howard
472:Cleveland
448:Doug Davis
444:Cleveland
195:Paul Mantz
133:brand name
108:is a U.S.
67:March 2016
1709:Air races
1618:Companies
1230:1,214.17
1212:New York
1180:New York
776:Jet Class
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731:$ 10,000
705:$ 10,000
679:$ 10,000
499:New York
380:Cleveland
347:Cleveland
222:astronaut
137:Honeywell
1634:Products
1570:homepage
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1257:Company
1078:610.726
856:F/P-80A
817:Van Nuys
805:(H:M:S)
609:$ 9,000
583:$ 9,000
555:$ 9,000
525:$ 4,500
491:$ 4,500
469:Burbank
461:$ 4,500
441:Burbank
433:$ 4,050
410:New York
401:$ 8,750
376:Burbank
368:$ 7,500
330:(H:M:S)
150:The race
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1362:
1337:
1196:869.74
1142:679.00
1122:Chicago
1109:666.66
1106:F-100C
1044:616.21
1010:603.55
965:553.76
950:Detroit
916:529.61
888:489.53
859:507.26
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834:494.78
830:F/P-80A
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758:470.14
725:447.98
699:460.42
673:435.50
603:282.10
600:SEV-2S
577:249.11
574:SEV-2S
549:258.20
519:165.35
485:238.70
455:216.24
427:214.78
395:245.00
362:223.06
342:Burbank
291:Winners
55:improve
1665:People
1611:Bendix
1549:
1275:Capt.
1270:Capt.
1265:Capt.
1215:Capt.
1138:F-102A
1131:Capt.
1100:Capt.
1074:F-100C
1033:Capt.
1029:Dayton
1007:F-86F
808:Prize
800:(MPH)
795:Plane
792:Pilot
545:SEV-2S
452:WW-44
424:WW-44
384:Capt.
333:Prize
325:(MPH)
320:Plane
317:Pilot
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1309:2000
1296:1999
1262:1998
1251:Year
1226:B-58A
1206:1962
1192:F4H-1
1174:1961
1169:1960
1164:1959
1152:1958
1118:1957
1087:1956
1067:Col.
1054:1955
1040:F-84F
1020:1954
1001:Maj.
990:1953
975:1952
961:F-86A
954:Col.
941:1951
926:1950
912:F-84E
898:1949
877:Ens.
869:1948
845:1947
813:1946
798:Speed
783:Year
736:1949
722:P-51
710:1948
696:P-51
684:1947
654:1946
649:1945
644:1944
639:1943
634:1942
629:1941
614:1940
588:1939
560:1938
530:1937
515:C-17R
496:1936
481:DGA-6
466:1935
438:1934
406:1933
391:WW-44
373:1932
351:Maj.
338:1931
323:Speed
308:Year
224:with
158:, to
40:, or
1547:ISBN
1530:Time
1183:Lt.
884:FJ-1
803:Time
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669:P-51
328:Time
226:NASA
173:and
104:The
1566:at
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97:in
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