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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