Grande Semaine d'Aviation d'Égypte
Heliopolis, Egypt, February 6th - 13th, 1910



1
Antoinette
Pilot: Hubert Latham
Engine: 50 hp Antoinette
This is probably the machine that was crashed during testing before the event started. (1)

2
Voisin
Pilot: Henri Rougier
Engine: 60 hp ENV V-8
Rougier brought two machines to the meeting, the other was numbered 14. (2)

3
Blériot XI
Pilot: Jacques Balsan
Engine: 30 hp Darracq
(3)

4
Blériot XI
Pilot: Hubert Le Blon
Engine: 50 hp Gnôme 7-cyl.
Some sources say this was in fact an English-built Humber machine. It still carried the Heliopolis race number 4 when this photo was taken during his ill-fated flights in San Sebastián seven weeks later. (4)

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5
Voisin
Pilot: Jean Gobron
Engine: 50-60 hp Gobron X-8
It's not known if Gobron actually brought two machines.

6
Farman
Pilot: Arthur Duray
Engine: ENV V-8?
According to the meeting program the plane was equipped with a Gnôme, but it isn't, it looks like an ENV. (5)

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7
Farman
Pilot: Adam Mortimer Singer
Engine: 50 hp Gnôme 7-cyl.
Crashed before the meeting.

8
Grade
Pilot: Hans Grade
Engine: 30 hp Grade V-4
(6)

9
Antoinette
Pilot: "Hauvette-Michelin" (Gabriel Hauvette)
Engine: 50 hp Antoinette V-8
(6)

10
Voisin
Pilot: René Métrot
Engine: 60 hp ENV V-8?
This photo was probably taken at La Crau in March, but the machine still carried its Heliopolis race number. (7)

11
Curtiss
Pilot: Frederick van Riemsdijk
Engine: 24 hp Curtiss I-4
(1)

12
Antoinette
Pilot: Hubert Latham
Engine: 50 hp Antoinette V-8
(8)

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13
Antoinette
Pilot: Hubert Latham
Engine: 100 hp Antoinette V-16
Damaged in transport before the meeting. According to the meeting program #12 should have been the 100 hp Antoinette, but it was not.

14
Voisin
Pilot: Henri Rougier
Engine: 60 hp ENV V-8
(8)

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15
Blériot XI
Pilot: Jacques Balsan
Engine: 50 hp Picker
It is not known if Balsan brought more than one plane to the meeting.

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16
Blériot XI
Pilot: Jacques Balsan
Engine: 50 hp Gnôme 7-cyl.

17
Voisin
Pilot: Jean Gobron
Engine: 50 hp ENV V-8
This machine obviously didn't have the Gobron-Brillié engine used before by Gobron. (2)

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18
Voisin
Pilot: "Raymonde de Laroche" (Élise Deroche)
Engine: 50 hp ENV V-8

"S"
Antoinette VII
Pilot: Hayden Sands
Engine: 50 hp Antoinette V-8
Sands, who was not officially entered, flew with an "S" instead of a race number. (1)