The First Air Race : The International Competition at Reims, 1909 by Owen S. Lie

Description: Garden City, NY Doubleday & Co., 1974 First Edition Hard Cover Very Good in good dust jacket, 229 pages, 16 plates, cloth, 1st edition. A fine account of this remarkable event. Contestants included Henri Farman, Latham, Paulhan, Bleriot, Lefebure and Glenn Curtiss who firmly established himself as a serious rival to the Wrights. From Wikipedia: "The Grande Semaine d"Aviation de la Champagne in August 22¿29, 1909 at Reims, France, this was the first major international flying event, drawing the most important aircraft makers and pilots of the era, as well as celebrities and royalty. The premier event the first Gordon Bennett Trophy competition was won by Glenn Curtiss, who beat second place finisher Louis Blériot by five seconds. Curtiss was named "Champion Air Racer of the World". " inkFrog Analytics

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Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Dust Jacket

Year Printed: 1974

Place of Publication: Garden City, NY

Book Title: FIRST Air Race : the International Competition AT Reims, 1909

Author: Owen S. Lieberg

Format: Hardcover

Language: English

Topic: Air Sports

Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

Genre: Sports & Recreation

Number of Pages: VIII, 229 Pages