Internationale Flugwoche zu Frankfurt
Frankfurt am Main, Germany, October 3rd - 13th 1909

Results:

Preis der Stadt Frankfurt, 7 - 11 October
(Longest non-stop flight)


 Pilot
 Plane
 Time
 Prize
 Notes
1.
 Pierre de Caters
 Voisin
 1 h 17:43
 40,000 Mark
 54 laps
2.
 Louis Blériot
 Blériot XI
 1 h 12:40
 10,000 Mark
 60 laps


Dr. Gans-Fabrice-Preis, 3 - 13 October
(For the highest number of flights of five minutes or more)


 Pilot
 Plane
 Flights
 Prize
 Notes
1.
 Pierre de Caters
 Voisin
 22 10,000 Mark
2.
 Louis Blériot
 Blériot XI
 9



von Goldschmidt-Rothschild-Preis, 3 - 13 October
(For the highest number of flights of 30 seconds or more)


 Pilot
 Plane
 Flights
 Prize
 Notes
1.
 Pierre de Caters
 Voisin
 29 5,000 Mark
 Donated by Freiherr Max von Goldschmidt-Rothschild
2.
 August Euler
 Voisin
 21 2,000 Mark
 Donated by Freiherr Rudolf von Goldschmidt-Rothschild
3.
 Alfred Nervø
 Voisin
 5 1,000 Mark
 Donated by Baron von Schey


Speed contest, 7 - 11 October
(5 kilometres, presumably three laps of the course, which was was given as 1.667 kilometres. The times are unrealistically low, so the course must have been shorter.)


 Pilot
 Plane
 Time
 Prize
 Notes
1.
 Louis Blériot
 Blériot XI
 3:43 2,400 Mark
2.
 Pierre de Caters
 Voisin
 3:54 1,600 Mark
3.

800 Mark
 Not awarded


Daily speed prizes
(1 lap. Only awarded on the days listed)

October 7th

Pilot
 Plane
 Time
 Prize
 Notes
1.
 Henri Rougier
 Voisin
 1:42
 400 Mark
2.
 August Euler
 Voisin
 ?
 200 Mark

October 9th

Pilot
 Plane
 Time
 Prize
 Notes
1.
 Louis Blériot
 Blériot XI
 1:17
 400 Mark
2.
 Pierre de Caters
 Voisin
 1:18.2
 200 Mark

October 10th

Pilot
 Plane
 Time
 Prize
 Notes
1.
 Louis Blériot
 Blériot XI
 1:13
 400 Mark
2.
 Pierre de Caters
 Voisin
 1:17
 200 Mark


Daily distance prizes
(Only awarded on the days listed)

October 7th

Pilot
 Plane
 Distance
 Prize
 Notes
1.
 August Euler
 Voisin
 4.5 km
 400 Mark
2.
 Henri Rougier
 Voisin
 3.5 km
 200 Mark

October 9th

Pilot
 Plane
 Distance
 Prize
 Notes
1.
 Louis Blériot
 Blériot XI
 18 km
 400 Mark
2.
 Pierre de Caters
 Voisin
 14 km
 200 Mark

October 10th

Pilot
 Plane
 Distance
 Prize
 Notes
1.
 Louis Blériot
 Blériot XI
 90 km
 300 Mark
 Prize tied
1.
 Pierre de Caters
 Voisin
 90 km
 300 Mark
 Prize tied



Krupp-Preis, 10 - 11 October
(Obstacle course, won by the pilot who flew above, below and above three wires stretched across the course 15 metres above the ground at the closest distance from each other)


 Pilot
 Plane
 Distance
 Prize
 Notes
1.
 Louis Blériot
 Blériot XI
 60 m
 10,000 Mark
 Donated by Freiherr Krupp von Bohlen-Halbach
2.
 Pierre de Caters
 Voisin
 100 m
 5,000 Mark
 Donated by Polytechnischen Gesellschaft, Frankfurt


Prize for quickest take-off, 12 - 13 October
(200 metres from standing start)


 Pilot
 Plane
 Time
 Prize
 Notes
1.
 Pierre de Caters
 Voisin
 10 s
 5,000 Mark
 Donated by Mannesmannröhren-Werke
2.
 August Euler
 Voisin
 15.4 s
 1,000 Mark
 Donated by Bauerschen Gießerei


Prize for slowest flight, 9 - 11 October
(200 m)


 Pilot
 Plane
 Time
 Prize
 Notes
1.
 Alfred Nervø
 Voisin
 19.4 s
 3,000 Mark
 Donated by Kommerzienrat Beit
2.
 Pierre de Caters
 Voisin
 13.4 s
 1,000 Mark
 Donated by an anonymous sponsor


Aufmunterungspreis der Familie Th. Stern
(Rules unknown)

Pilot
 Plane
 Result
 Prize
 Notes
Pierre de Caters
 Voisin
 5 x 30 seconds
 1,500 Mark
August Euler
 Voisin
 5 x 30 seconds
 1,500 Mark


Jungfernpreis
(Rules unknown, donated by Adolf Gans)

Pilot
 Plane
 Result
 Prize
 Notes
August Euler
 Voisin
 6 x 200 metres
 1,200 Mark
Pierre de Caters
 Voisin
 4 x 200 metres
 800 Mark


Total prize money won:

Pilot Plane Prize
Pierre de Caters Voisin 70,800 Mark
Louis Blériot Blériot XI 23,900 Mark
August Euler Voisin 6,300 Mark
Alfred Nervø Voisin 4,000 Mark
Henri Rougier Voisin 600 Mark