The Grande Semaine d'Aviation meeting held at Heliopolis
The Grande Semaine d'Aviation meeting held at Heliopolis near Cairo, February 1910. Organised by the Aero Club of Egypt, this early notable week-long event attracted 13 entrants - including Hauvette-Michelin (Antoinette VII), Jacques Balsan (Bleriot XI), Henri Rougier (Voisin) and Hans Grade (Grade monoplane) - competing for a number of distance, speed and height prizes
Picture No
10841807
Media ID
48052060
Size
2127px x 4000px
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Credit
© The Royal Aeronautical Society (National Aerospace Library) / Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Photograph from The Royal Aeronautical Society Archive
Date
1910
