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1909 - 0215.PDF
APRIL 17, 1909. PRIZES FOR FLIGHT. ABBREVIATIONS (References are to Vols. and pages where full details may be found). A. F. A.C.F.Ae.C. Ae.C. A. = " Automotor Journal." = FLIGHT. Control. = Automobile Club de France. = Aero Club of the United Kingdom. = Aero Club of America. Ae.C.N. Ae.C.1'0. Ae.C.S.O Ae.CV. B.Ae.C. Be. Ae.C. F.A.I.Ae.C.F. = Aero Club of France. = Nice Aero Club. = Aero Club de l'Oise. = Aero Club de Sud Ouest. = Aero Club of Vichy. = Bavarian Aero Club. = Belgian Aero Club. = Federation Aeronautique Inter- national. L.M.A. = Ligue Meridienale Aerienne. L.N. = Ligue Nationale Aerienne. M.I.S.C. = Monaco International Sporting Club. S.Ae.C. = Aero Club de Sarthe. S.E.A. = Societe d'Encouragement a V Aviation. Title and Donor. 1'riz Details and References. Control. Closes. Winner andReferences. 1 kilom. (L.N.) 20 kilom. (L.N.) Compiecne-Paris (Ae.C. l'O.)Pau-Biarritz Ostend-Paris (Kursaal)... Bordeaux-Paris ("L'Auto") Angers - Saumur - Angers Cup, prize (Anjou Cup) Grand Prix (Ae.C.F.) Monaco-Cap Martin Brescia Circuit (Ae.C.I.) ! Grand Prix (Auto.C.F.) j 200 metres ' Brussels-Ostend (Dernier Heure) RACES (Flights to take place on a Specified Date), 1,000 fr. 3 prizes. I kilom. out and back. Owners only (French).| L.N. On Dec. 3, :o8, Feb. 3, '09, and April 3, '09 (A., xiii, 1456)] 20,000 fr. French aviators. At Savigny-sur-Orge. Each competitor L.N. allowed 3 flights (A., xiii, 1500) — Proposed. One halt (A., xiii, 1544) ... ... ... ... Ae.C.TO. Biarritz and back. Municipal control Open any Sunday in any August Gordon-Bennett C.F.) (Ae. Bagatelle - St. (Dufayel) Adresse Two o'clock Prize (L.N.) Prix Commission Sportive Argentina 25 metres (Archdeacon) 200 metres (Ae.C.F.) ... 1 mile(" Daily Graphic") 1 mile ("Daily Mail").. "5 minute "(L.N.) .. " Petite Gironde 1,000 fr. Prize " "Triaca" " Hector Passega " Belgian Kilom. Medal 20,000 fr. Proposed. Pau tc (A., xiii, 1544) ,£8,000 ! Airships and aeroplanes. (A., xii, 23) 12,000 fr. Proposed. 592 kiloms. in five daily stages; F.A.I, rules (A., xiii, 1500, 1544) Proposed by Anjou Central Committee ; 90 kiloms. along banks of Loire. Owners only. For the Grand Prix week (A.,xiii, 1573, 1606; xiv, 75,134,218. F., i, 40, 65, 92, 106) 100,000 fr. Proposed 3-day meeting (A., xiii, 1414, 1500) 100,000 fr. 3 flights, between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m., each on a different day, between Jan. 24 and April 23, '09. 1st prize, 75,000 fr. ; ; 2nd, 15,000 fr. ; 3rd, io,ooofr. Entries closed Mar. 15/09 I (A., xiii, I4',6, 1499, 1665; xiv, 75, 104, 132, 280. F., I i, 40, 52, 62, 132) 100,000 fr. Course of 10 kiloms. to be covered 10 times (A., xiii, 15°°) i 1573; xiv., 45. F., i., 26, 199) 200,000 fr. Proposed for 1909 (A., xiii, 1574) ^ — j Proposed for Dec. 8, Jo8 (A., xii, 1516) 10,000 fr. 1 Aviator making record flight from Brussels to Ostend and back, or equivalent distance in Belgium, between Aug. 15 and Oct. 1, '09 (A., xiii, 1633, 1663) Cup, prizes Cup value 12,500 fr. and 3 money prizes of 25,000 fr. each, for 1909, 1910, and 1911 respectively. Winner to complete specified course ; if more than one completes, cup to go to competitor finishing in quickest time (A., xiii, 1638 ; xiv, 218. F., i, 131) 20,000 fr. 4 prizes ; 10,000, 5,000. 3,000, 2,000 fr. for 1st, 2nd, 3rd, : and 4th in race, on July 18, '09. 5,000 fr. extra if winner carries a lady passenger (A., xiv, 15. F., i., 4) I,0O0 fr. I Start at 2 p.m., Jan. 3, '09, finish 2.5 p.m. Winner to fly ! max. distance in the 5 mins. (A., xiv, 1456) 10,000 fr. Aeroplanes and airships not exceeding 1,200 cub. metres. I Distance not to exceed 170kiloms. across country (A., xiv., ! 45. F., i., 26) Proposed Grand Prix Aviation Race (A., xiv, 135. F., i, 65) "L'Auto" Ae.C.F. & Ae.C.l'O. Ae.C.F. M.I.S.C. Ae.C.F. F.A.I. & S.E.A. A. C.F. L.N. Ae.C. 1909 1910 Sept., '09 1909 - '09 Sept., '09 1909 Oct. 1, '09 1911 Jan. 3, '09 £8,000 DISTANCE PRIZES (Flights may be made over any Course). Ae.C.F. ! Lapsed unwon. Lapsed unwon. Cup 200 fr. £1,000 1,000 fr. 1,000 fr. 500 fr. 1,000 fr. Medal " Archdeacon Cup." Won by Santos Dumont (A., xi, 1420, 1453); Farman (A., xii, 1532); Delagrange (A., xiii, 529) 3 prizes and medals for the first three aeroplanes to fly 200 " metres (A., xiii, 141). Won by Delagrange (A., xiii, 428); Bleriot (A., xiii, 903) ; Chateau (Pelterie) (A., xiii, 1572) To be flown at Brooklands (A., xii, 85 ; xiii, 78) All-British flyer and pilot (F. i, 226) ... 3 prizes for those who fly the longest distance in a duration of 5 mins. before Jan. 3, Mar. 3, May 3, '09. Open to French owners only, who must pilot their own machines (A., xiii, 1456) 1st Frenchman to double W. Wright's record as it stands at the time the attempt is made (A., xiii, 1210) Max. flight by Aero Club of France and American Aero Club. & Members only (A., xiii, 79) Ae.C.F. "L.N. L.N. Ae.CF. L.N.1st aviator who beats, in France, the records for distance held by W. Wright (A., xiii, 1663) | Awarded by Belgian Aero Club to all Belgians who fly a Be. Ae.C. straight kilom. in Belgium during '09 (A., xiii, 1693) 217 uly 31, '08 I Lapsed unwon. April 6, '10 j Dec. 31/08 W. Wright (A., xiv, 191. F., i, 92) C
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