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Air Shows and Air Races: A Sourcebook

Reims Air Meet - August 22-29, 1909

Of the 35 planes, 33 were French designs. Of the 22 pilots, 20 of them were French. The only non-French pilots were a Scotsman, George Cockburn, and the American Glenn Curtiss.

  • Wright Model A
  • Bleriot XI
  • Farman III
  • Curtiss Reims Racer
  • Antoinette Monoplane
  • Voisin biplane
  • Cody 1908 Biplane
  • A.V.Roe Triplane
    • Read the Reims Air Meet Sourcebook.

    Bibliography

    Race With The Wind: How Air Racing Advanced Aviation. Birch Matthews. MBI Publishing. 2001.
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