up until 1936, the National Air Race (NAR) in Los Angeles, California was an all American competition, and ’36 was the first and last year foreigners were allowed to compete.
One might say that the Caudron made a few folks upset with its speed and experienced pilot. I mean, the team showed up to the 1936 NAF with one engine (330hp) for the Greve race and another engine (380hp) for the Thompson Trophy race, and after they won the Greve they just left the lower powered engine in.
This long nosed, french blue bird was flown by Michael Detroyat, sometimes called “Detroit” by Americans, and returned to France with around $15,000.00 (that’s just over $250,000.00 in U.S. currency, before he took it to France.)
https://thegoodnaturedfink.wordpress.com/2016/03/02/the-foreigner-the-caudron-c-460/
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