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

Results:

Prix du Baron Empain
(Longest non-stop flight)
(Prizes offered by Baron Empain, Automobile Club d'Égypte, Società del Risotto and Compagnie des Tramways de Caïre)


 Pilot
 Plane
 Distance
 Prize
 Notes
1.
 René Métrot
 Voisin
 85.5 km
 50,000 francs
2.
 Henri Rougier
 Voisin
 65 km
 10,000 francs
3.
 Hubert Le Blon
 Blériot XI
 57.5 km
 5,000 francs

Henri Rougier
 Voisin
 48 km

4.
 Jacques Balsan
 Blériot XI
 44 km
 2,500 francs

René Métrot
 Voisin
 36 km


Jacques Balsan
 Blériot XI
 35 km


Jacques Balsan
 Blériot XI
 30 km


Henri Rougier
 Voisin
 26 km

5.
 Frederick van Riemsdijk
 Curtiss
 24.5 km
 2,500 francs

Hubert Le Blon
 Blériot XI
 23 km

6.
 Hans Grade
 Grade
 20 km
 1,000 francs

Henri Rougier
 Voisin
 20 km

7.
 "Raymonde de Laroche" (Élise Deroche)
 Voisin
 20 km


René Métrot
 Voisin
 18 km


Hans Grade
 Grade
 15 km


Hans Grade
 Grade
 14 km

8.
 Hubert Latham
 Antoinette VII
 10 km


Hubert Latham
 Antoinette VII
 5 km

9.
 Arthur Duray
 Farman
 5 km

10.
 "Hauvette-Michelin" (Gabriel Hauvette)
 Antoinette VII
 5 km


Hubert Le Blon
 Blériot XI
 5 km


Frederick van Riemsdijk
 Curtiss
 5 km

N.C.
 Hayden Sands
 Antoinette VII
 5 km
Not officially entered


Grand Prix d'Égypte
(Longest accumulated distance)
(Prizes offered by L'Association Égyptienne pour favoriser le Tourisme, the hotels of Cairo and Hélouan, Mena House, Club Mohamed Aly and Compagnie du Canal de Suez)


 Pilot
 Plane
 Distance
 Prize
 Notes
1.
 Henri Rougier
 Voisin
 153.5 km
 25,000 francs
2.
 Hubert Le Blon
 Blériot XI
 143 km
 10,000 francs
3.
 Jacques Balsan
 Blériot XI
 139.5 km
 5,000 francs
4.
 René Métrot
 Voisin
 138.5 km

5.
 Hans Grade
 Grade
 64 km

6.
 Frederick van Riemsdijk
 Curtiss
 29.5 km

7.
 "Raymonde de Laroche" (Élise Deroche)
 Voisin
 20 km

8.
 Hubert Latham
 Antoinette VII
 15 km

9.
 "Hauvette-Michelin" (Gabriel Hauvette)
 Antoinette VII
 5 km

10.
 Arthur Duray
 Farman
 5 km

N.C.
 Hayden Sands
 Antoinette VII
 5 km
Not officially entered


Prix de Héliopolis
(greatest altitude, minimum 100 metres)
(Prizes offered by the Cairo Electric Railways and Héliopolis Co., the Cercle Hellénique, Messrs Walker, Meimarachi, Cicurel and Flash, and the Chemla brothers)


 Pilot
 Plane
 Altitude
 Prize
 Notes
1.
 Henri Rougier
 Voisin
 255 m
 50,000 francs
2.


10,000 francs
 Not awarded
3.


5,000 francs
 Not awarded


Daily Speed Prizes
(2 laps, total distance 10 km)
(Prizes offered by Compagnie des Messageries Maritimes)

Sunday February 6th

 Pilot
 Plane
 Time
 Prize
 Notes
1.
 Henri Rougier
 Voisin
 9:30
 1,000 francs

Monday February 7th

 Pilot
 Plane
 Time
 Prize
 Notes
1.
 Hans Grade
 Grade
 11:06
 1,000 francs
2.
 Henri Rougier
 Voisin
 11:24


Wednesday February 9th

 Pilot
 Plane
 Time
 Prize
 Notes
1.
 Jacques Balsan
 Blériot XI
 9:50.4
 1,000 francs

Friday February 11th

 Pilot
 Plane
 Time
 Prize
 Notes
1.
 Hubert Le Blon
 Blériot XI
 8:07.8
 1,000 francs


Daily Distance Prizes
(Prizes offered by Ligue National Aérienne)

Sunday February 6th

 Pilot
 Plane
 Distance
 Prize
 Notes
1.
 Henri Rougier
 Voisin
 65 km
 1,000 francs
2.
 Jacques Balsan
 Blériot XI
 44 km

3.
 Frederick van Riemsdijk
 Curtiss
 24 km

4.
 René Métrot
 Voisin
 18 km


Monday February 7th

 Pilot
 Plane
 Distance
 Prize
 Notes
1.
 Hans Grade
 Grade
 20 km
 1,000 francs
 Time: 22:57
2.
 Henri Rougier
 Voisin
 20 km
Time: 24:46

Wednesday February 9th

 Pilot
 Plane
 Distance
 Prize
 Notes
1.
 René Métrot
 Voisin
 85.5 km
 1,000 francs
2.
 Jacques Balsan
 Blériot XI
 30 km

3.
 Henri Rougier
 Voisin
 20 km

4.
 Hans Grade
 Grade
 15 km

5.
 Hubert Latham
 Antoinette VII
 ?

6.
 Frederick van Riemsdijk
 Curtiss
 5 km

7.
 "Hauvette-Michelin" (Gabriel Hauvette)
 Antoinette VII
 5 km

8.
 Arthur Duray
 Farman
 5 km


Thursday February 10th

 Pilot
 Plane
 Distance
 Prize
 Notes
1.
 "Raymonde de Laroche" (Élise Deroche)
 Voisin
 20 km
 1,000 francs
2.
 Hubert Latham
 Antoinette VII
 5 km

3.
 Hubert Le Blon
 Blériot XI
 5 km


Friday February 11th

 Pilot
 Plane
 Distance
 Prize
 Notes
1.
 Hubert Le Blon
 Blériot XI
 90 km
 1,000 francs
2.
 Henri Rougier
 Voisin
 48 km

3.
 René Métrot
 Voisin
 36 km

4.
 Jacques Balsan
 Blériot XI
 35 km

5.
 Hans Grade
 Grade
 14 km



Daily Altitude Prizes
(Prizes offered by Grande Fabrique S. Stein)

Sunday February 6th

 Pilot
 Plane
 Altitude
 Prize
 Notes
1.
 Henri Rougier
 Voisin
 195 m
 1,000 francs
2.
 René Métrot
 Voisin
 40 m


Monday February 7th

 Pilot
 Plane
 Altitude
 Prize
 Notes
1.
 Henri Rougier
 Voisin
 219 m
 1,000 francs

Wednesday February 9th

 Pilot
 Plane
 Altitude
 Prize
 Notes
1.
 Hubert Latham
 Voisin
 52 m
 1,000 francs

Thursday February 10th

 Pilot
 Plane
 Altitude
 Prize
 Notes
1.
 Henri Rougier
 Voisin
 48 m
 1,000 francs

Friday February 11th

 Pilot
 Plane
 Altitude
 Prize
 Notes
1.
 Henri Rougier
 Voisin
 255 m
No prize, since the flight won him the "Prix d'Héliopolis".
2.
 René Métrot
 Voisin
 40 m
 1,000 francs

Sunday February 13th

 Pilot
 Plane
 Altitude
 Prize
 Notes
1.
 Henri Rougier
 Voisin
 116 m
 1,000 francs
2.
 Hans Grade
 Grade
 93 m



Total prize money won:

Pilot
 Prize money
Henri Rougier
 91,000 francs
René Métrot
 51,000 francs
Hubert Le Blon
 17,000 francs
Jacques Balsan
 8,500 francs
Frederick van Riemsdijk
 2,500 francs
Hans Grade
 2,000 francs
"Raymonde de Laroche" (Élise Deroche)
 1,000 francs

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