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

• The events
• The airfield
• The planes
• The results
• References

Results
(Mainly based on the daily reports from "The Scotsman". As usual, different sources give slightly different figures. Non-prizewinning results are sometimes given when available.)


Speed Competition
For the fastest non-stop flights during the meeting over five laps of the course, in total 14.756 km. The timing included an "in-straight" of around 700 metres before the starting line, which explains why the five-lap speeds are faster than the single laps.

	Pilot	Plane	Result	Prize
1.	James Radley	Blériot	93.84 km/h	£ 200
2.	Bartolomeo Cattaneo	Blériot	90.54 km/h	£ 100
3.	William McArdle	Blériot	84.68 km/h	£ 50
4.	John Armstrong Drexel	Blériot	70.28 km/h
5.	Cecil Grace	H. Farman	63.64 km/h
6.	Bertram Dickson	H. Farman	61.06 km/h
7.	Edmond	Bristol	55.67 km/h

Fastest Flights Each Day
In addition to the main speed prize, prizes were offered for the three fastest non-stop flights over five laps of the course on each day. There were no contests on Sunday 7 August.

6 August

	Pilot	Plane	Result	Prize
1.	Bartolomeo Cattaneo	Blériot	68.14 km/h	£ 50
2.	Not awarded			£ 30
3.	Not awarded			£ 15

8 August

	Pilot	Plane	Result	Prize
1.	James Radley	Blériot	90.83 km/h	£ 50
2.	Bartolomeo Cattaneo	Blériot	83.80 km/h	£ 30
3.	Cecil Grace	H. Farman	63.57 km/h	£ 15
4.	Bertram Dickson	H. Farman	62.78 km/h

9 August

	Pilot	Plane	Result	Prize
1.	James Radley	Blériot	88.58 km/h	£ 50
2.	Bartolomeo Cattaneo	Blériot	85.15 km/h	£ 30
3.	John Armstrong Drexel	Blériot	68.82 km/h	£ 15

10 August

	Pilot	Plane	Result	Prize
1.	James Radley	Blériot	93.84 km/h	£ 50
2.	Bartolomeo Cattaneo	Blériot	90.54 km/h	£ 30
3.	Cecil Grace	H. Farman	62.56 km/h	£ 15

11 August

	Pilot	Plane	Result	Prize
1.	James Radley	Blériot	92.43 km/h	£ 50
2.	Bartolomeo Cattaneo	Blériot	88.61 km/h	£ 30
3.	John Armstrong Drexel	Blériot	70.28 km/h	£ 15
4.	Cecil Grace	H. Farman	62,54 km/h
5.	Alec Ogilvie	Short	58.18 km/h
6.	Edmond Morelle	Bristol	50.84 km/h

12 August

	Pilot	Plane	Result	Prize
1.	Not awarded			£ 50
2.	Not awarded			£ 30
3.	Not awarded			£ 15

13 August

	Pilot	Plane	Result	Prize
1.	James Radley	Blériot	92.34 km/h	£ 50
2.	William McArdle	Blériot	84.68 km/h	£ 30
3.	Bartolomeo Cattaneo	Blériot	80.68 km/h	£ 15

Fastest Single Circuit
For the fastest flight over a single lap during the meeting, 2.816 kilometres, one prize for monoplanes and one for biplanes.

Type	Pilot	Plane	Result	Prize
Monoplanes	James Radley	Blériot	93.72 km/h	£ 100
Biplanes	Cecil Grace	H. Farman	64.01 km/h	£ 100

Fastest Single Circuit Each Day
In addition to the main prizes, a prize was offered each day for the fastest single lap flight by a monoplane and a biplane.

Monoplanes

Date	Pilot	Plane	Result	Prize
6 August	Bartolomeo Cattaneo	Blériot	81.03 km/h	£ 25
8 August	James Radley	Blériot	93.84 km/h	£ 25
9 August	James Radley	Blériot	90.68 km/h	£ 25
10 August	James Radley	Blériot	93.72 km/h	£ 25
11 August	James Radley	Blériot	93.55 km/h	£ 25
12 August	Not awarded			£ 25
13 August	James Radley	Blériot	92.02 km/h	£ 25

Biplanes

Date	Pilot	Plane	Result	Prize
6 August	Not awarded			£ 25
8 August	Cecil Grace	H. Farman	64.01 km/h	£ 25
9 August	Cecil Grace	H. Farman	61.72 km/h	£ 25
10 August	Cecil Grace	H. Farman	62.30 km/h	£ 25
11 August	Cecil Grace	H. Farman	62.41 km/h	£ 25
12 August	Not awarded			£ 25
13 August	Cecil Grace	H. Farman	63.59 km/h	£ 25

Special Prize for Flying Mile
For the fastest straight-line flight over one mile (1.609 km). Two prizes for monoplanes and two for biplanes.

	Pilot	Plane	Result	Prize
1.	James Radley	Blériot	122.20 km/h	£ 40
2.	William McArdle	Blériot	117.92 km/h	£ 10
3.	Bartolomeo Cattaneo	Blériot	110.54 km/h
4.	Cecil Grace	H. Farman	88,03 km/h	£ 40
5.	Gustave Blondeau	H. Farman	82.98 km/h	£ 10
6.	George Colmore	Short	82.51 km/h
7.	Bertram Dickson	H. Farman	77,84 km/h

Special Prize for Flying Kilometre
For the fastest straight-line flight over one mile (1.609 km). Two prizes for monoplanes and two for biplanes.

	Pilot	Plane	Result	Prize
1.	James Radley	Blériot	124.97 km/h	£ 40
2.	William McArdle	Blériot	116.85 km/h	£ 10
3.	Bartolomeo Cattaneo	Blériot	116.81 km/h
4.	Cecil Grace	H. Farman	89.98 km/h	£ 40
5.	George Colmore	Short	84.87 km/h	£ 10
6.	Gustave Blondeau	H. Farman	84.09 km/h
7.	Bertram Dickson	H. Farman	78.92 km/h

Cross-Country Flights
The cross-country course was open on four days of the meeting. It was originally intended that the turning point would be Tinto Hill, some 9 kilometres southeast of the airfield, but for reasons given as "atmospheric conditions" it was changed to Dunsyre Hill, some 18 kilometres northeast of the airfield.

Aggregate Cross-Country Flights
For the longest total distance covered during completed non-stop flights over the cross-country course during the meeting. A minimum distance of 24 miles was required for the first two prizes, and 12 miles for the third.

	Pilot	Plane	Result	Prize
1.	Bertram Dickson	H. Farman	108.608 km	£ 500*
2.	Cecil Grace	H. Farman	72.405 km	£ 200
3.	James Radley	Blériot	36.203 km	£ 50
3.	William McArdle	Blériot	36.203 km	£ 50

* Includes a special prize of £ 100 presented by Messrs. Hugh and Andrew T. Reid to the best British aviator in this competition.


Fastest Single Cross-Country Flight
For the fastest single non-stop cross-country flight on each day.

8 August

	Pilot	Plane	Result	Prize
1.	Bertram Dickson	H. Farman	36:08.2	£ 100
2.	Not awarded			£ 30
3.	Not awarded			£ 10

9 August

	Pilot	Plane	Result	Prize
1.	James Radley	25:37.2	36:08.2	£ 100
2.	Not awarded			£ 30
3.	Not awarded			£ 10

11 August

	Pilot	Plane	Result	Prize
1.	Cecil Grace	H. Farman	32:57.0	£ 300*
2.	Bertram Dickson	H. Farman	36:06.2	£ 30
3.	Not awarded			£ 10

* Includes the Glasgow Evening News prize of £ 100 for the fastest cross-country flight by a British aviator on 11 August and a special prize of £ 100 for the fastest cross-country flight on the type of aeroplane (biplane or monoplane) that didn't win the total contest. William McArdle and James Radley were disqualified for landing before the finish line.

13 August

	Pilot	Plane	Result	Prize
1.	William McArdle	Blériot	23:04.2	£ 250*
2.	Cecil Grace	H. Farman	32:21.4	£ 30
3.	Bertram Dickson	H. Farman	38:09.6	£ 10

* Includes a special prize of £ 150 presented by Messrs. Hugh and Andrew T. Reid to the fastest single cross-country flight during the meeting.


Long Distance Competition
For the longest non-stop flights around the marked course, contested on four days of the meeting.

	Pilot	Plane	Result	Prize
1.	Bartolomeo Cattaneo	Blériot	227.041 km	£ 250
2.	John Armstrong Drexel	Blériot	108.780 km	£ 100
3.	Florentin Champel	Voisin	52.950 km	£ 50
4.	Cecil Grace	H. Farman	50.158 km
5.	Gustave Blondeau	H. Farman	42.337 km
6.	Edmond Morelle	Bristol	37.249 km
7.	Alec Ogilvie	Wright	31.173 km
8.	Bertram Dickson	H. Farman	20.009 km
9.	René Vidart	Hanriot	18.484 km
10.	George Cockburn	H. Farman	9.339 km

Aggregate Long Distance Flights
To the flyers who spent the longest time in the air during the Long Distance Competition.

	Pilot	Plane	Result	Prize
1.	Bartolomeo Cattaneo	Blériot	8 h 35:53.6	£ 250
2.	John Armstrong Drexel	Blériot	7 h 03:18.8	£ 100
3.	Cecil Grace	H. Farman	1 h 29:24.2	£ 150*

* Includes Professor Archibald Barr's "Scottish Aeronautical Society's President's Prize" of £ 100 to the best British aviator in this contest.


Daily Long Distance Competition
For the longest flight time around the course on each day.

6 August

	Pilot	Plane	Result	Prize
1.	John Armstrong Drexel	Blériot	1 h 36:16.6	£ 25
2.	Bartolomeo Cattaneo	Blériot	54:40.2	£ 10
3.	Gustave Blondeau	H. Farman	46:34.0
4.	Bertram Dickson	H. Farman	23:00.0

8 August

	Pilot	Plane	Result	Prize
1.	Bartolomeo Cattaneo	Blériot	3 h 19:09.2	£ 25
2.	John Armstrong Drexel	Blériot	1 h 27:13.0	£ 10
3.	Florentin Champel	Voisin	54:02.0
4.	Gustave Blondeau	H. Farman	31:42.2
5.	Cecil Grace	H. Farman	31:07.0
6.	George Cockburn	H. Farman	11:20.4
7.	Alec Ogilvie	Short	10:31.8

10 August

	Pilot	Plane	Result	Prize
1.	Bartolomeo Cattaneo	Blériot	4 h 23:04.2	£ 25
2.	John Armstrong Drexel	Blériot	4 h 11:33.8	£ 10

12 August

	Pilot	Plane	Result	Prize
1.	John Armstrong Drexel	Blériot	8:05.2	£ 25
2.	Cecil Grace	H. Farman	7:51.6	£ 10

Aggregate Long-Distance Flight
For the longest total distance flown during the meeting during the long-distance and cross-country competitions, with a minimum distance of 50 miles for the first prize and 30 miles for the second.

	Pilot	Plane	Result	Prize
1.	Bartolomeo Cattaneo	Blériot	642.274 km	£ 600*
2.	John Armstrong Drexel	Blériot	510.806 km	£ 200
3.	Cecil Grace	H. Farman	164.726 km	£ 300**

* Includes a £ 200 special prize for the longest aggregate flight by a monoplane.
** Includes a £ 200 special prize for the longest aggregate flight by a biplane.


Greatest Altitude Competition
For the highest flight during the meeting, with a minimum of 1,000 ft. for the first prize and 500 ft for second and third.

	Pilot	Plane	Result	Prize
1.	John Armstrong Drexel	Blériot	2,057 m	£ 500*
2.	Jorge Chávez	Blériot	1,600 m	£ 200
3.	Bartolomeo Cattaneo	Blériot	988 m	£ 75
4.	William McArdle	Blériot	832 m
5.	Cecil Grace	H. Farman	756 m	£ 100**
6.	Marcel Hanriot	Hanriot	411 m
7.	René Vidart	Hanriot	396 m

* Includes a £ 100 special prize for the highest flight by a monoplane. Also wins the Scots Pictorial Cup.
** Includes a £ 100 special prize for the highest flight by a biplane.


Highest Daily Altitude
For the highest flight on each day.

Date	Pilot	Plane	Result	Prize
6 August	Not awarded			£ 20
8 August	Jorge Chávez	Blériot	1,600 m	£ 20
9 August	John Armstrong Drexel	Blériot	1,301 m	£ 20
10 August	William McArdle	Blériot	698 m	£ 20
11 August	John Armstrong Drexel	Blériot	2,057 m	£ 20
12 August	Not awarded			£ 20
13 August	Bartolomeo Cattaneo	Blériot	396 m	£ 20

Starting Competition
For the shortest take-off run during the meeting, contested on three days.

	Pilot	Plane	Result	Prize
1.	James Radley	Blériot	17.4 m	£ 100
2.	William McArdle	Blériot	18.0 m	£ 50
3.	Graham Gilmour	Blériot	30.8 m	£ 25
4.	Bertram Dickson	H. Farman	31.1 m	£ 10
5.	Bartolomeo Cattaneo	Blériot	35.1 m
6.	Gustave Blondeau	H. Farman	36.0 m
7.	Cockburn	H. Farman	62.6 m
8.	Cecil Grace	H. Farman	71.9 m

Daily Starting Competition
For the best result in the Starting Competition on each day.

Date	Pilot	Plane	Result	Prize
8 August	Graham Gilmour	Blériot	31.7 m	£ 20
10 August	James Radley	Blériot	32.6 m	£ 20
12 August	James Radley	Blériot	17.4 m	£ 20

Passenger Starting Competition
For the shortest take-off run during the meeting with a passenger over 18 years of age and weighing not less than 120 lbs on board.

	Pilot	Plane	Result	Prize
1.	Alec Ogilvie	Wright	44.8 m	£ 60
2.	Edmond Morelle	Bristol	65.2 m
3.	Bertram Dickson	H. Farman	69.2 m
4.	John Armstrong Drexel	Blériot	74.1 m
5.	Cecil Grace	H. Farman	75.6 m

Weight-Carrying Competition
For the highest load carried during a one-lap non-stop flight around the course, with a minimum of 350 lbs. (158.9 kg). The competition should have been contested on four days, with additional daily prizes of £ 30 and £ 15, but only one successful flight was made.

	Pilot	Plane	Result	Prize
1.	Cecil Grace	H. Farman	160.5 kg	£ 280*
2.	Not awarded			£ 125

* Includes £ 30 for the best result on 13 August.


Delivery of Dispatches
To the pilot, himself controlling the aeroplane, who could drop an orange, representing a weighted dispatch, on a given mark. The competition should have been contested on six days, with additional daily prizes of £ 20 and £ 10, but the competition could only be contested on one day.

	Pilot	Plane	Result	Prize
1.	Cecil Grace	H. Farman	7.3 m	£ 120*
2.	Alec Ogilvie	Wright	18.9 m	£ 50
3.	Not awarded

* Includes £ 20 for the best effort made on 9 August.


Slowest Circuit Competition
For the slowest flight on four days of the meeting, subject to the stewards judging that the flight was the shortest that could be safely made, with consideration to the force and direction of the wind and to the condition of the atmosphere.

	Pilot	Plane	Result	Prize
1.	Alec Ogilvie	Short	38.79 km/h	£ 100
2.	Bertram Dickson	H. Farman	41.38 km/h
3.	George Cockburn	H. Farman	42.35 km/h
4.	Florentin Champel	Voisin	46.05 km/h
5.	Edmond Morelle	Bristol	46.85 km/h
6.	Cecil Grace	H. Farman	51.01 km/h

Competitors' Assistants Prize
To be the mechanicians of the aviators who, in the course of the various events in the programme, covered the greatest number of complete circuits of the course.

	Pilot	Plane	Result	Prize
1.	Bartolomeo Cattaneo	Blériot	254 laps	£ 60
2.	John Armstrong Drexel	Blériot	192 laps	£ 40
3.	Cecil Grace	H. Farman	55 laps	£ 20
4.	James Radley	Blériot	37 laps	£ 10

General Merit Prize
To the competitors who, in the opinion of the Clerks of the Course, have performed most meritoriously during the meeting.

	Pilot	Plane	Prize
1.	John Armstrong Drexel	Blériot	£ 300*
2.	James Radley	Blériot	£ 125
2.	Cecil Grace	H. Farman	£ 125

* Also wins the Lanark Trophy, presented by Professor Archibald Barr, President of the Scottish Aeronautical Society.
Radley and Grace were judged equal, splitting the combined second and third prizes.


The Glasgow Herald Prize
To the British flyer whose performances are "the most meritorious, special regard being given to flights of a nature which indicate useful developments in aviation".

Pilot	Plane	Prize
Bertram Dickson	H. Farman	£ 250.

Total prize money won (different figures have been published, but this is what the list adds up to)

Pilot	Prize
Cecil Grace	£ 1,950
Bartolomeo Cattaneo	£ 1,565
John Armstrong Drexel	£ 1,340
James Radley	£ 1,170
Bertram Dickson	£ 900
William McArdle	£ 470
Jorge Chávez	£ 220
Alec Ogilvie	£ 210
Florentin Champel	£ 50
Graham Gilmour	£ 45
Gustave Blondeau	£ 10
George Colmore	£ 10

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