FIRST EUROPEAN TOUR 1929

1. First European Air Tour (Challenge International Avions de tourisme), organized by Air Club de France. Pilot Count Franco Mazzotti Airplane Breda 15. 1929 August 3 - 20 . The stages were: Parigi - Basilea, kilometers 416; Basilea - Ginevra, 183; Ginevra - Lione, 108; Lione- Marsiglia, 256; Marsiglia - San Raphael, 124; Saint Raphael - Torino, 196; Torino - Milano, 125; Milano - Venezia, 239; Venezia - Zagabria, 299; Zagabria - Belgrado, 371; Belgrado - Turnu Severin, 174; Turnu Severin - Bucarest, 274; Bucarest - Turno Severin, 274; Turno Severin - Budapest, 417; Budapest - Vienna, 213, Vienna - Brunn, 108; Brunn - Praga, 182; Praga - Bresalavia, 209; Bresalavia - Varsavia, 302; Varsavia - Posen, 283; Posen - Berlino, 239; Berlino - Amburgo, 257; Amburgo - Amsterdam, 375; Amsterdam - Bruxelles, 160; Bruxelles - Parigi, 258. - Totale 6042 kilometers.

 

The European Tour The Start - Les Bourget Airport - Paris August 14, 1929 Photo & caption from Giovanni Gieorgetti, 11-11-04

 

Miss Evelyn Winifred Spooner August 16th, 1929 On the photo there is a note: With best wishes Winifred E. Spooner      The note was most probably intended to Pietro Giorgetti who was about to embark on the circumnavigation of the Mediterranean Sea with the engineer Mario Rasini in December 1929. Photo & caption from Giovanni Gieorgetti, 11-3-04

 

Commemorative Medal      Commemorative medal striked by the Polish Aerial Club in remembrance of the pilots who won the four editions of the Aerial Tour of Europe, 1929, 1930, 1932 and 1934 (Morzik / Schiel, Morzik / Schiel, Zuirko + Wigura and Bajan / Pokraywa Photo & caption from Giovanni Gieorgetti, 11-11-04

 

Commemorative Medal      The name of Pietro Giorgetti, who took part in the first edition of the Tour of Europe, and the dates 1929, 1930, 1932 and 1934 appear on the medal Photo & caption from Giovanni Gieorgetti, 11-11-04

 

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