The Challenge 1929 was the first FAI International Tourist Plane Contest, that took place between August 4 and August 16, 1929 in Paris, France. Four Challenges, from 1929 to 1934, were major aviation
The Aero A.34 at the 1929 event with other competitors in the background
The Aero A.34 taking off at the 1929 event
The Albatros L82 at Orly airport
The Avia BH-11 folded for the garaging test
The Challenge 1934 was the fourth and last FAI International Tourist Plane Contest, that took place between August 28 and September 16, 1934, in Warsaw, Poland. The four Challenges, from 1929 to 1934,
Challenge International de Tourisme 1929
…Challenge 1932 Challenge 1934 Marian Krzyżan: "Międzynarodowe turnieje lotnicze 1929-1934", Warsaw 1988, ISBN 83-206-0637-3 (Polish language…
The opening ceremony, from the left: Polish team, three-aircraft Czechoslovak team, German team. The Italian team had not arrived yet.
The Polish PZL.26 of Ignacy Giedgowd in the Challenge markings
Bajan's RWD-9 during a wing folding trial.
Polish aviators - winners of Challenge 1934: pilot Jerzy Bajan (left) and mechanic Gustaw Pokrzywka (right) with Marshal Józef Piłsudski (center).