Difference between revisions of "Reims Air Meet"
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|Event names=Reims Air Meet; La Grande Semaine d'Aviation de la Champagne | |Event names=Reims Air Meet; La Grande Semaine d'Aviation de la Champagne | ||
|Event type=exhibition | |Event type=exhibition | ||
| + | |Country=FR | ||
|Location=Betheny, 3 miles north of Reims | |Location=Betheny, 3 miles north of Reims | ||
| − | + | |Start date=August 22, 1909 | |
| − | |Start date=1909 | ||
|Number of days=8 | |Number of days=8 | ||
| + | |Tech focus=Airplanes | ||
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profit estimated at $60K ; 23 planes flew, many more than 5km ; GS lists some of their types ; no Wrights ; only G Cockburn is from Britain ; but attending include Bleriot, Delagrange, Farman, Ferber, Lambert, Latham, Levavasseur & Curtiss ; James Gordon Bennett trophy race won by Curtiss; Farman won 50,000 francs | profit estimated at $60K ; 23 planes flew, many more than 5km ; GS lists some of their types ; no Wrights ; only G Cockburn is from Britain ; but attending include Bleriot, Delagrange, Farman, Ferber, Lambert, Latham, Levavasseur & Curtiss ; James Gordon Bennett trophy race won by Curtiss; Farman won 50,000 francs | ||
Revision as of 10:18, 18 November 2016
profit estimated at $60K ; 23 planes flew, many more than 5km ; GS lists some of their types ; no Wrights ; only G Cockburn is from Britain ; but attending include Bleriot, Delagrange, Farman, Ferber, Lambert, Latham, Levavasseur & Curtiss ; James Gordon Bennett trophy race won by Curtiss; Farman won 50,000 francs
Sources
- Washington Post Jan 1910
- GS1970, p145-6
- Chronicle of Aviation p72
