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Team Country Flown
distance
Flown
time
1927 16° GORDON BENNETT – Henry Ford Airport, Detroit (Michigan, USA)
   
1 Hill, Edward J.
Schlosser, Arthur G.
‘Detroit’
USA 1198,00 km 48:00 hr
2 Kaulen sr., Hugo
Dahl, Alexander
‘Barmen’
Germany 1106,00 km 48:00 hr
3 van Orman, Ward T.
Morton, Walter T.
‘Goodyear VI’
USA 1102,00 km 51:31 hr
4 Blanchet, Georges M.
Le Gallee,
‘Lafayette’
France 1091,00 km --:-- hr
5 Maldonado, (Maj.) E.
Molas, (Maj.) M.
‘Hispania’
Spain 1038,00 km --:-- hr
6 Demuyter, Ernest
de Soete, Pierre
‘Belgica’
Belgium 965,00 km 31:00 hr
7 Eimermacher, Ferdinand
Predeck, (Dr.) R.
‘Münster VIII’
Germany 925,00 km 40:00 hr
8 Leone, (Lt.) Domenico
Medori, (Lt.-Col.) Ugo
‘Dux’
Italia 917,00 km --:-- hr
9 Bienaimé, Maurice
Veenstra, Alexander
‘Paris – Bruxelles’
France 888,00 km --:-- hr
10 Kepner, (Capt.) William E.
Eareckson, (Lt.) William O.
‘U.S. Army’
USA 852,00 km --:-- hr
11 Quersin, Philippe
Theis, M.
‘Wallonie’
Belgium 852,00 km --:-- hr
12 Ilari, (Maj.) Eraldo
Paonessa, (Capt.) Giuseppe
‘Rex’
Italia 804,00 km --:-- hr
13 Maag, Ernest L.
Nägeli, Ernie

Switzerland 748,00 km 22:00 hr
14 Maeger, (Capt.) G. F.
Booth, (Sq.-Lead.) R. S.
‘The Bee’
United Kingdom 724,00 km --:-- hr
15 Halben, (Dr.) R.
Kaulen jr., Hugo
‘Ernst Brandenburg’
Germany 80,00 km 04:00 hr