De la Vaulx Medal

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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.

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

[edit] Recipients

• 1986 - Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager, around-the-world flight of the Scaled Composites Voyager^[1]

[edit] References

1. ^ Deaver, Bill. "Dick Rutan earns another Bleriot Award", Mojave Desert News, 2006-11-16.

• FAI webpage for the medal