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De la Vaulx Medal

The De la Vaulx Medal is an aviation award presented by the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI), the international aviation standard setting and record-keeping body. The award was established in 1933 in memory of the Comte de La Vaulx, who was a founder and president of the FAI.

It was founded on 14 October 1905, and is headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI), the international aviation standard setting and record-keeping body. The award was established in 1933 in memory of the Comte de La Vaulx, who was a cofounder and president of the FAI.

The De la Vaulx Medal is awarded to holders of recognized absolute world aviation records set during the year before.

Recipients

The following is an incomplete list of recipients of the De la Vaulx Medal:

  • 1934 - Francesco Agello, Regia Aeronautica Italiana
  • 1935 - Francesco Agello, Regia Aeronautica Italiana
  • 1937 - Mikhail Gromov, Andrey Yumashev and Sergey Danilin, , non-stop flight distance record of 10,148 kilometers (6,306 mi) from Moscow, Russia, to San Jacinto, California, US, via the North Pole
  • 1938 - Ronald Gustave Kellet, Royal Air Force Pilot
  • 1951 - Fred Ascani, 100-kilometer closed course speed record of 635 mph in an F-86E
  • 1986 - Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager, around-the-world flight of the Rutan Voyager
  • 2016 - Alberto Porto, Aircraft engineer & pilot, world speed record of the class R in a Risen (airplane)

References

References

  1. (28 June 2017). "History". FAI – Fédération Aéronautique Internationale.
  2. [http://www.fai.org/awards/Award Search Agello De la Vaulx Medal]{{Dead link. (November 2025)
  3. [http://www.fai.org/awards/Award Search Agello De la Vaulx Medal]{{Dead link. (November 2025)
  4. [http://www.fai.org/awards/Award Search Kellet De la Vaulx Medal]{{Dead link. (November 2025)
  5. link. (2011-05-18 , FAI web site. Retrieved July 14, 2008.)
  6. Deaver, Bill. (2006-11-16). "Dick Rutan earns another Bleriot Award". Mojave Desert News.
  7. [http://www.fai.org/awards/Award Search Porto De la Vaulx Medal]{{Dead link. (November 2025)
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