Beech won in a Travel Air aircraft. A Pitcairn PA-2 Sesquiwing won in two of the classes. A Buhl-Verville CA-3 Airster placed second. Clarence E. Clark placed seventh in a Travel Air 3000. Vance Breese placed eighth in a Ryan M-1. 1927 National Air Tour In 1927, fourteen contestants competed in the air tour. The winner was Edward Stinson in a Stinson SM-1 Detroiter. The Hamilton H-18 Metalplane “Maiden Milwaukee" placed second. 1928 National Air Tour 1928 featured destinations as far west as Washington state. The launch was timed the same day at Ford Airfield with the 22nd Annual James Gordon Bennett Balloon Race. Phoebe Omlie became the first female air tour pilot flying a Monocoupe. The route placed racers in San Francisco at the same field where Hells Angels was filming. The winner was John P. Wood in a Waco 10 "The Baby Ruth". 1929 National Air Tour The 1929 winner was John Livingston who flew 5107 miles averaging 129.97 mph in a Waco, followed by Art Davis also flying a Waco. 1930 National Air Tour September 11, 1930, to September 27, 1930: 1 Harry L. Russell in his Ford Trimotor 2 John H. Livingston in WACO CRG 600Y 3 Arthur J. Davis in WACO CRG 660Y 4 Myron E. Zeller 5 George W. Haldeman 6 Walter Herschel Beech 7 J. Wesley Smith (aviator) 8 Eddie August Schneider (plane 21), in his Cessna AW (NC9092), won the Great Lakes Trophy. 9 Wadlow 10 Bowman 11 Story 12 Stevenson 13 Buch 13 Nancy Hopkins (plane 22), in a Viking B-8 Kittyhawk 14 Carr 15 Meyers 16 Harvey Mummert 17 James Meissner Among the aircraft, a Pitcairn PCA-2 autogiro was flown by pilot Jim Ray, bringing rotary winged aircraft to the event. 1931 National Air Tour From July 4, 1931, to July 25, 1931, was the 7th: 1 Harry L. Russell. 2 James H. Smart. 3 Eddie August Schneider, first in single engine aircraft. 4 Lowell Bayles, in a Gee Bee Sportster, won the Great Lakes Trophy. Time magazine wrote: Sensation of the meet was the youngster Eddie Schneider, 19, who fell into last place by a forced landing of his Cessna and a three-day delay in Kentucky, then fought his way back to finish third, ahead of all other light planes. The following comes from a New York paper: The second day of the 1931 National Air Tour for the