Doncaster Aviation Contest
Doncaster, UK, October 15th - 26th 1909

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

Further reading:

• Ian Reed "Britain's First Air Show" (2009, ISBN 978-1-901791-03-7)
• Olivier Delagrange and Yolande Delagrange "Léon Delagrange - Le Dandy Volant" (2003, ISBN 978-2-914205-75-7)

Web resources:

The race program (meetingaeriens.blog4ever.com)
"Souvenir - Doncaster Aviation Meeting" (artdecor.webs.com)

Illustration sources:

The events
(1) Postcard (E. L. Scriven)
(2) "La Vie au Grand Air"
(3) "The Aero"
(4) "Flight"
(5) Postcard (C. P. Series)
(6) Unknown
(7) "Léon Delagrange - Le Dandy Volant"
(8) "The Illustrated London News"

The venue
(1) "Britain's First Air Show"
(2) "The Times"
(3) "The Illustrated London News"
(4) Postcard (unknown publisher)

The planes
(1) "Doncaster Gazette"
(2) Postcard (Walter Scott)
(3) "Britain's First Air Show"
(4) "The Aero"
(5) Unknown
(6) Postcard (Portico)
(7) Postcard (E. L. Scriven)
(8) "Flugsport"

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