1st Gordon Bennett International Balloon Race

Participating competitors included Frank P. Lahm , Alberto Santos-Dumont, FH Butler, Alfred Vonwiller, and Charles Stewart Rolls. The race began at the Jardin de Tuileries in Paris at 4PM. Lahm and copilot Henry B. Hersey won the race, going 402 miles in 22:15 and landing in Yorkshire.

Publications referring to 1st Gordon Bennett International Balloon Race

• Publication 3133, 1906, La Coupe Gordon-Bennett (Simple title: The Gordon Bennett Cup, Journal: Ill. Aër. Mitt.)
• Publication 4574, 1906, The first international balloon race, an illustrated account of the race for the cup offered by James Gordon-Bennett (Simple title: The first international balloon race, an illustrated account of the race for the cup offered by James Gordon-Bennett, Journal: Scient. Amer.)
• Publication 5360, 1906, Der Gordon-Bennett Preis (1) (Simple title: The Gordon-Bennett Prize (1), Journal: Wien. Luftsch. Zeit.)
• Baden-Powell, 1906, The Gordon-Bennett race. Some technical features of the competing balloons (Simple title: The Gordon-Bennett race. Some technical features of the competing balloons, Journal: Aër. Journ.)
• Angot, 1906, La coupe Gordon-Bennett et la météorologie (Simple title: The Gordon Bennett Cup and Meteorology, Journal: L'Aérophile)
• Lahm, 1907, The First Annual Aeronautic Cup Race (Simple title: The First Annual Aeronautic Cup Race, Journal: Nav. the Air)
• Ludlow Hammer Post, 1907, Navigating the air; a scientific statement of the progress of aeronautical science (Simple title: Navigating the air; a scientific statement of the progress of aeronautical science up to the present time)
• Hersey, 1908, Experiences In the sky (Simple title: Experiences In the sky, Journal: Century Mag.)

Event names	1st Gordon Bennett International Balloon Race
Event type	exhibition
Country	FR
Locations	Paris
Start date	September 30, 1906
Number of days	2
Tech focus	LTA
Participants