The first air race meetings


This is a list of the air race meetings of 1909 and 1910 for which detailed pages have so far been prepared. More meetings will be added as time allows!

1909

The inauguration of Port-Aviation, Juvisy, France, 23 May 1909
Minor meetings at Port-Aviation, Juvisy, France, May - July 1909
Concours d'Aviation de Douai, Douai, France, 28 June - 18 July 1909
Semaine d'Aviation de Vichy, Vichy, France, 18-25 July 1909
Grande Semaine d'Aviation de la Champagne, Reims, France, 22-29 August 1909
Circuito Aereo Internazionale di Brescia, Brescia, Italy, 8-20 September 1909
Quinzaine d'Aviation de Spa, Spa, Belgium, 20 September - 2 October 1909
Berliner Flugwoche, Berlin, Germany, 26 September - 3 October 1909
Internationale Flugwoche zu Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 3-13 October 1909
Grande Quinzaine de Paris, Port-Aviation (Juvisy), France, 7-20 October 1909
Doncaster Aviation Contest, Doncaster, UK, 15-26 October 1909
Blackpool Aviation Week, Blackpool, UK, 18-24 October 1909
Vliegweek van Antwerpen, Antwerp, Belgium, 23 October - 2 November 1909

1910

Los Angeles Aviation Meet, Los Angeles, USA, 10-20 January 1910
Grande Semaine d'Aviation d'Égypte, Heliopolis, Egypt, 6-13 February 1910
Grande Semaine d'Aviation de Cannes, Cannes, France, 27 March - 5 April 1910
Meeting d'Aviation de Biarritz, Biarritz, France, 27 March - 3 April 1910
Semana de Aviación de Sevilla, Seville, Spain, 1-10 April 1910
Meeting d'Aviation de Nice, Nice, France, 15-24 April 1910
Semaine d'Aviation de Touraine, Tours, France, 30 April - 5 May 1910
1a Grande Settimana d'Aviazione, Palermo, Italy, 1-7 May 1910
Gran Senmana d'Aviació / Gran Semana de Aviación, Barcelona, Spain, 1-8 May 1910
Semaine d'Aviation de Lyon, Lyon, France, 7-15 May 1910
St. Petersburg Aviation Week, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 8-15 May 1910
Internationale Flugwoche, Berlin, Germany, 10-16 May 1910
Grosse Münchener Flugwoche, Puchheim, Germany, 22-26 May 22 1910
Concorsi Aerei di Verona, Verona, Italy, 22-29 May 1910
Grand Meeting d'Aviation de l'Anjou, Angers, France, 3-6 June 1910
Semaine d'Aviation de Mondorf-les-Bains, Mondorf-les-Bains, Luxembourg, 5-12 June 1910
International Flying Contests, Budapest, Hungary, 5-17 June 1910
Grande Semaine de Paris, Port-Aviation (Juvisy), France, 9-16 June 1910
Meeting d'Aviation de Vichy, Vichy, France, 17-19 June 1910 (?)
Grande Semaine d'Aviation, Rouen, France, 19-26 June, 1910
Midlands Aviation Meeting, Wolverhampton, UK, 27 June - 2 July 1910
Grosses Internationales Flugmeeting, Mülhausen im Elsass, Germany, 2-4 July 1910
Deuxième Grande Semaine d'Aviation de Champagne, Reims, France, 3-10 July 1910
1. und 2. Preisfliegen, Wiener Neustadt, Austria, 10-31 July 1910
International Aviation Meeting, Bournemouth, UK, 11-16 July 1910
Schau- und Preisflüge, Baden-Baden, Germany, 22-25 July 1910
Grande Quinzaine d'Aviation, Stockel, Belgium, 23 July - 4 August 1910
Grande Semaine d'Aviation, Caen, France, 27 July - 2 August 1910
Blackpool Flying Carnival, Blackpool, UK, 28 July - 20 August 1910
Scottish International Aviation Meeting, Lanark, UK, 6-13 August 1910
Nationale Flugwoche, Berlin, Germany, 7-13 August 1910

This site only covers competitive meetings. Click here for a list of other events that we have looked at and decided not to include!

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