St. Petersburg Aviation Week / Санкт-Петербургская Авиационная Неделя
Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 8th - 15th, 1910

Results

The results listed below can only be regarded as provisional. The reports in the international aviation press of the time were incomplete, differed considerably and didn't match the lists of contests published before the meeting. The results and prizes are mainly based on those reported in "Flugsport", which was the only magazine to give sums in Russian currency. If you have access to the program of the meeting or an accurate list of results, please contact us!


Grand Prix of Saint Petersburg
Highest total time flown during the meeting.
(The results given by "Flight" obviously differ from "l'Aérophile" by including the extra Monday, but we don't know the explanation for the big differences between those results and the ones reported in "Flugsport".)


 Pilot
 Plane
 "Flugsport"
 "Flight"
 "L'Aérophile"
 Prize
1.
 Joseph Christiaens
 Farman
 4 h 15:12
 4 h 59:53.0
 4 h 19:53.0
 5,500 roubles
2.
 Léon Morane
 Blériot XI
 3 h 15:41
 3 h 56:00.6
 3 h 46:00.6
 3,800 roubles
3.
 Nicolas Popoff
 Wright
 2 h 46:41
 3 h 45:14.0
 3 h 19:51.0
 2,600 roubles
4.
 Edmond
 Farman
 1 h 11:56
 12:49.6
 12:49.6
 1,600 roubles
5.
 Eugen Wiencziers
 Antoinette VII
4:04.0
 4:04.0
 1,000 roubles
6.
 Raymonde de Laroche
 Voisin
23:10.0
 3:00.0


The Aero-Club of Russia prize
Longest non-stop flight.


 Pilot
 Plane
 Time
 Prize
 Notes
1.
 Nicolas Popoff
 Wright
 2 h 08
 3,000 roubles
2.
 Joseph Christiaens
 Farman
 1 h 37
 1,875 roubles
3.
 Edmond
 Farman
 30:16
 750 roubles


Altitude prize
These are the official results. There were several higher flights, but they were apparently not eligible.


 Pilot
 Plane
 Altitude
 Prize
 Notes
1.
 Léon Morane
 Blériot XI
 120 m
 3,000 roubles
2.


1,125 roubles
 Not awarded
3.


375 roubles
 Not awarded


Special altitude prize
Probably won by Nicolas Popoff, who was reported to have won a silver trophy.


Daily prizes for total distance during the day
(These are not official results, but probable results concluded from available reports. Christiaens was reported to have won three of the daily prizes and Popoff and Morane one each.)


 Pilot
 Plane
 Time
 Prize
 Notes
8 May
 Joseph Christiaens
 Farman
 22:30
 280 roubles
9 May
 Joseph Christiaens
 Farman
 9:40
 280 roubles
10 May
 Joseph Christiaens
 Farman
 1 h 28:13
 280 roubles
11 May
 Nicolas Popoff
 Wright
 2 h 08:10
 280 roubles
12 May


280 roubles
 Not awarded?
13 May


280 roubles
 Not awarded
14 May
 Léon Morane
 Blériot XI
 8 min.
 280 roubles
15 May


280 roubles
 Not awarded?


Daily prizes for speed
Three laps of course (3.978 kilometres), 280 roubles to the winner each day.
(The results of each day are not known. The following were given as the best times recorded during the meeting.)


 Pilot
 Plane
 Time
 Prize
 Notes
1.
 Joseph Christiaens
 Farman
 5:09.0
 1,400 roubles
 Won five of the daily prizes
2.
 Edmond
 Farman
 5:11.6
 280 roubles
 Won one prize


Passenger prize
Probably three laps of course (3.978 kilometres).


 Pilot
 Plane
 Time
 Prize
 Notes
1.
 Joseph Christiaens
 Farman
 5:30.0
 1,200 roubles


The Czar's Cup
(A trophy given for a flight from St Petersburg to Kronstadt and back. It was mentioned in lists of contests published before the meetings, but not in any of the reports.)


Total prize money won, according to "Flugsport"
(As can be seen, the sums are not by far consistent with the results reported from the individual contests listed above.)

Pilot
 Plane
 Prize
Joseph Christiaens
 Farman
 10,815 roubles
Nicolas Popoff
 Wright
 10,080 roubles
Léon Morane
 Blériot XI
 4,850 roubles
Edmond
 Farman
 2,800 roubles
Eugen Wiencziers
 Antoinette VII
 1,375 roubles
Raymonde de Laroche
 Voisin
 0


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