Blackpool Aviation Week
Blackpool, UK, October 18th - 24th 1909

• The events
• The venue
• The planes
• The results
• References

Results:

Lancashire Aero Club Grand Prix
(longest distance, 18-21 October)

	Pilot	Plane	Distance	Prize	Notes
1.	Henry Farman	Farman	77.051 km	£ 2,000	Time 1 h 32:16.2
2.	Henri Rougier	Voisin	28.771 km	£ 720	Time 34:27.8
3.	Louis Paulhan	Voisin	25.574 km	£ 280	Time 32:17.2

"Daily Sketch" Prize
(3-lap speed contest, 9.591 km, 18-22 October)

	Pilot	Plane	Time	Prize	Notes
1.	Henry Farman	Farman	9:49.6	£ 400
2.	Louis Paulhan	Farman	10:54.4	£ 100
3.	Henri Rougier	Voisin	11:03.6

"Manchester Guardian" Prize
(slowest lap of 3.197 km, 18-23 October)

	Pilot	Plane	Time	Prize	Notes
1.	Hubert Latham	Antoinette VII	5:30.4	Cup and £ 100
2.	Louis Paulhan	Farman	4:06.2
3.	Henri Rougier	Voisin	4:00.4
4.	Henry Farman	Farman	3:19.4

Prize for General Merit
(for the three competitors who in the opinion of the stewards of the meeting performed the most meritoriously during the meeting)

	Pilot		Prize
1.	Hubert Latham	for his flight of nearly 6 miles on Friday, in in a wind varying from 23 to 40 mph	£ 300
2.	Louis Paulhan	for his flight of nearly 16 miles on Tuesday, in a wind varying from 15 to 23 mph	£ 150
3.	Henri Rougier	for his flight of nearly 18 miles on the opening day	£ 50

Prize for Competitors' Assistants
(to the crew of the pilot who completed the greatest number of circuits, not reckoning the long distance event)

	Pilot	Plane	Prize
1.	Henri Rougier	Voisin	£ 50
2.	Louis Paulhan	Farman

Not awarded:
"Daily Mail" Prize (for greatest altitude, £ 1,000)
Passenger Carrying Prize (£ 500)
All-British Prize (greatest distance by an all-British machine piloted by a British pilot, £ 250)
The Ashley Competition (greatest distance by a British aviator who has never won a race, £ 500)