Prix Santos-Dumont

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The Prix Santos-Dumont was offered by Alberto Santos-Dumont, through the Aéro-Club de France, for the first aeronaut to fly for 48 hours nonstop. Swiss aeronaut Victor de Beauclair won the prize on 4–6 December 1908 with a 56-hour flight from Bitterfeld, Germany, to Pisa, Italy.[1][2]

The main requirement was as follows:

Ce prix sera décerné par la C. S. de l'Aéro-Club de France, au pilote (aéronaute-commandant), d'un ballon libre, ballon dirigeable ou machine aérienne. qui aura accompli le premier, sans escale, un voyage de 48 heures au minimum.[3]

Participation was restricted to aero club members, departing from any location in Europe.[3]

An earlier "Prix Santos-Dumont" for 4000 francs was offered in 1900 to the aero club member who could without touching the ground fly a circuit from the Parc de St. Cloud, circling the Eiffel Tower and returning to the starting point—which Santos-Dumont had flown in 1900 to win the Deutsch prize.[4] The change in rules was requested by Santos-Dumont on 28 September 1904, adopted by the "C.S." [the Aéro-Club's Commission sportive?] on 10 December 1905, and ratified by the Comité [of the Aéro-Club] on 5 January 1905.[3]

References

  1. Nansouty, 1911, Aérostation, Aviation, p. 264.
  2. A. de Masfrand, "Aeronautes Contemporains: Victor de Beauclair", L'Aérophile Vol. 17, No. 1, 1 January 1909, p. 1.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Prix Santos-Dumont — 4,000 francs", Bulletin Officiel de l'Aéro-Club de France. L'Aérophile, Vol. 3. No. 1, January 1905, pp. 7–8.
  4. "Prix Santos-Dumont", Bulletin de la Société des Inventeurs réunis de Lyon (Rhône), no. 31, 25 April 1901, p. 11.


Event names Prxi Santos-Dumont
Event type competition
Country FR
Locations
Start date 1905-01-05
Number of days
Tech focus LTA, Piloting
Participants