Grande Semaine d'Aviation de Cannes
Cannes, France, March 27th - April 5th, 1910

• The events
• The airfield
• The planes
• The results
• References

Results:

Prix du voyage
(Fastest flight from the airfield around the Butte de Tir on Île Sainte-Marguerite, the Pointe de la Croisette in Cannes and back (around 18 km, mainly over water), 3 April)

	Pilot	Plane	Time	Prize	Notes
1.	Nicolas Popoff	Wright	18:20.6	15.000 francs
2.				10,000 francs	Not awarded

Grand Prix de la Ville de Cannes
(Longest total flying time during the meeting)

	Pilot	Plane	Time	Prize	Notes
1.	Joseph Christiaens	Farman	5 h 45:30.0	7,000 francs
2.	André Crochon	Farman	4 h 50:08.6	3,000 francs
3.	Alfred Frey	Farman	3 h 57:43.0
4.	"Edmond" (Edmond Morelle)	Farman	3 h 06:46.8
5.	Léon Molon	Blériot	1 h 05:58.0
6.	Nicolas Popoff	Wright	1 h 01:02.2
7.	Marcel Baratoux	Wright	53:49.0
8.	Frederick van Riemsdijk	Curtiss	18:36.4
9.	Hayden Sands	Antoinette	10:02.4

Prix de durée
(Longest non-stop flight of minimum one hour around the course)

	Pilot	Plane	Time	Prize	Notes
1.	André Crochon	Farman	1 h 09:29.4	6,000 francs
2.	Alfred Frey	Farman	1 h 09:02.4	3,000 francs
3.	Joseph Christiaens	Farman	53:06.4		3rd prize (1,000 fr) not awarded
4.	"Edmond" (Edmond Morelle)	Farman	52:32.0

Prix de vitesse
(Fastest flight of four laps of the course, 29 March)

	Pilot	Plane	Time	Prize	Notes
1.	"Edmond" (Edmond Morelle)	Farman	8:01.6	5,000 francs
2.	Joseph Christiaens	Farman	8:08.4
3.	Nicolas Popoff	Wright	8:55.6

Prix du départ à heure fixe
(For taking off at exactly a given time, 28 March)

	Pilot	Plane	Time	Prize	Notes
1.	Frederick van Riemsdijk	Curtiss	0.0 s	3,000 francs
2.	André Crochon	Farman	0.8 s	1,500 francs
3.	Joseph Christiaens	Farman	1.4 s	500 francs
4.	Léon Molon	Blériot	1.6 s
5.	"Edmond" (Edmond Morelle)	Farman	28.2 s

Prix de l'atterrissage
(For flying a lap around the course and landing within a marked area, 28 March)

	Pilot	Plane	Prize	Notes
1.	Joseph Christiaens	Farman	5,000 francs	Apparently the only successful competitor

Prix des mécaniciens
(To the mechanics of the flyers who won most prices)

	Pilot	Plane	Prize	Notes
1. (tied)	André Crochon	Farman	300 francs
1. (tied)	Joseph Christiaens	Farman	300 francs
3. (tied)	Alfred Frey	Farman	100 francs
3. (tied)	Frederick van Riemsdijk	Curtiss	100 francs
3. (tied)	"Edmond" (Edmond Morelle)	Farman	100 francs
3. (tied)	Nicolas Popoff	Wright	100 francs

Prix de régularité
(For flying at least 30 minutes every day of the meeting in the same airplane.
1st prize: 3,000 francs, 2nd prize: 1,500 francs, 3rd prize: 500 francs)

Not awarded.


Prix de hauteur
(For highest altitude above 100 metres, 3 April.
1st prize: 3,000 francs, 2nd prize: 1,500 francs, 3rd prize: 500 francs)

Not awarded. Popoff reached 207 metres, but after the competition had closed.


Prix des passagers
(For flying four laps of the course with the highest number of passengers, to be decided by shortest time if equal.
1st prize: 5,000 francs)

Not awarded.


Prix du tour de piste
(For completing a lap of the course)

Pilot	Plane	Prize
Marcel Baratoux	Wright	500 francs
Joseph Christiaens	Farman	500 francs
André Crochon	Farman	500 francs
"Edmond" (Edmond Morelle)	Farman	500 francs
Alfred Frey	Farman	500 francs
Léon Molon	Blériot	500 francs
Nicolas Popoff	Wright	500 francs
Frederick van Riemsdijk	Curtiss	500 francs
Hayden Sands	Antoinette	500 francs
Vincent Wiesenbach	Wright	500 francs

Total prize money won
(This table doesn't match similar tables published in contemporary magazines, but is believed to be correct.)

Pilot	Plane	Prize money
Nicolas Popoff	Wright	15,600 francs
Joseph Christiaens	Farman	13,300 francs
André Crochon	Farman	11,300 francs
"Edmond" (Edmond Morelle)	Farman	5,600 francs
Alfred Frey	Farman	3,600 francs
Frederick van Riemsdijk	Curtiss	3,600 francs
Marcel Baratoux	Wright	500 francs
Léon Molon	Blériot	500 francs
Hayden Sands	Antoinette	500 francs
Vincent Wiesenbach	Wright	500 francs

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