Scottish International Aviation Meeting
Lanark, UK, August 6th - 13th, 1910




1
Short/Wright S.4
Pilot: Alec Ogilvie
Engine: 27 hp Wright-Bollée I-4
(1)
2
Humber
Pilot: George Barnes
Engine: Humber
Did not participate.
3
Blériot XI
Pilot: Jorge ("Géo") Chávez
Engine: 50 hp Gnôme 7-cyl.
The machine was destroyed by fire during rail transport and didn't participate.

4
Hanriot
Pilot: René Vidart
Engine: 40 hp Clerget I-4
(1)

5
Voisin "Course"
Pilot: Florentin Champel
Engine: 65 hp ENV V-8
This photo was taken at the meeting in Maubeuge in September, where the machine still carried the Lanark race number. (2)

6
Blériot XI
Pilot: Bartolomeo Cattaneo
Engine: 50 hp Gnôme 7-cyl.
(3)
7
Sommer
Pilot: Maurice Tétard
Engine: 50 hp Gnôme 7-cyl.
Did not participate

8
H. Farman
Pilot: Gustave Blondeau
Engine: 50 hp Gnôme 7-cyl.
(1)
9
Blériot XI
Pilot: Launcelot Gibbs
Engine: 50 hp Gnôme 7-cyl.
Gibbs didn't participate because of health reasons. His Blériot was used by Chávez with race number 3 and Radley with race number 13.
9
H. Farman
Pilot: Launcelot Gibbs
Engine: 50 hp Gnôme 7-cyl.
Gibbs' Farman was used by Grace, with race number 18.
 


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10
H. Farman
Pilot: George Cockburn
Engine: 50 hp Gnôme 7-cyl.

11
H. Farman
Pilot: Bertram Dickson
Engine: 50 hp Gnôme 7-cyl.
(1)

12
Blériot XI
Pilot: Graham Gilmour
Engine: 35 hp JAP V-8
(1)

13
Blériot XI
Pilot: James Radley
Engine: 50 hp Gnôme 7-cyl.
The exact identity of the machine in the photo is not known. Radley mainly used the Blériot entered by Launcelot Gibbs. "Flight" states in an image caption that the number was 131, and it indeed looks like it. (4)

14
Cody
Pilot: Samuel Cody
Engine: 2 x 60 hp Green I-4
Cody started the meeting using a single engine, fitted a second engine during the week, and then removed it again. (5)

15
Demoiselle
Pilot: Edmond Audemars
Engine: 40 hp Panhard I-4
The machine was reported to be bright yellow. (6)

15
Tellier
Pilot: Edmond Audemars
Engine: 40 hp Panhard I-4
(1)

16
Hanriot
Pilot: Marcel Hanriot
Engine: 40 hp Clerget I-4
(7)

17
Short S.26
Pilot: George Colmore
Engine: 60 hp Green I-4
(4)

18
H. Farman
Pilot: Cecil Grace
Engine: 50 hp Gnôme 7-cyl.
This machine was owned and entered by Launcelot Gibbs, but flown by Grace. (1)
18
Short S.27
Pilot: Cecil Grace
Engine: 65 hp ENV V-8
Did not participate
18
Blériot XI
Pilot: Cecil Grace
Engine: 50 hp Gnôme 7-cyl.
Did not participate, was used by Drexel with race number 20.

19
British & Colonial (Bristol)
Pilot: Edmond Morelle
Engine: 50 hp Gnôme 7-cyl.
Morelle competed under the pseudonym "Edmond". (3)

20
Blériot XI
Pilot: John Armstrong Drexel
Engine: 50 hp Gnôme 7-cyl.
This is probably Drexel's own machine. (4)

20
Blériot XI
Pilot: John Armstrong Drexel
Engine: 50 hp Gnôme 7-cyl.
This is the machine used for the altitude record. It was borrowed from Grace, who had bought it from Léon Morane after the Bournemouth meeting. (8)

21
Blériot XI
Pilot: William McArdle
Engine: 50 hp Gnôme 7-cyl.
(9)

22
Antoinette
Pilot: Gijbertus "Gijs" Küller
Engine: 65 hp ENV V-8
(1)

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