Semaine d'Aviation de Mondorf-les-Bains
Mondorf-les-Bains, Luxembourg, June 5th - 12th, 1910

Results:

Prix de la plus grande distance
(Longest non-stop flight, minimum 50 km. Prizes sponsored by the government of Luxemburg)


 Pilot
 Plane
 Time
 Prize
1.
 Joseph Christiaens
 Farman
 59:28.0
 4,000 francs
2.
 Alexander de Petrovsky
 Sommer
 57:30.4
 2,000 francs


Prix de la totalisation de la tenue de l'air
(Highest total flight time during the meeting, only flights of at least 5 minutes counted. Prizes sponsored by Charles Bettendorf. The winner was also awarded an honorary trophy donated by the Grand-Duchess of Luxemburg.)


 Pilot
 Plane
 Time
 Prize
1.
 Joseph Christiaens
 Farman
 2 h 50:39
 3,000 francs
2.
 Alexander de Petrovsky
 Sommer
 2 h 46:14
 1,000 francs
3.
 Élie Mollien
 Blériot XI
 13:39.8
 500 francs
4.
 René Barrier
 Blériot XI
 6:10.2
 500 francs


Prix de hauteur
(Highest altitude, minimum 60 metres. Prizes sponsored by the government of Luxemburg)


 Pilot
 Plane
 Height
 Prize
 Notes
1.
 Alexander de Petrovsky
 Sommer
 102 m
 3,000 francs
2.


1,000 francs
 Not awarded


Prix de la Commune de Mondorf-les-Bains
(Best time over 12 kilometres on Monday 6th. Only awarded if at least three competitors complete the distance. If not, the contest rescheduled to another day - it was in fact flown on Tuesday 7th. Prize sponsored by the commune of Mondorf-les-Bains)


 Pilot
 Plane
 Time
 Prize
1.
 Joseph Christiaens
 Farman
 18:50.8
 1,000 francs


Prix des Chemins de Fers Secondaires
(Highest altitude reached during a flight of at least 20 minutes on Tuesday 7th. Prize sponsored by Chemins de Fers Secondaires, the local railway company.)


 Pilot
 Plane
 Result
 Prize
1.
 Joseph Christiaens
 Farman
 112 m during a flight of 21:18
 1,000 francs


Prix de lancement
(Shortest take-off. Prize offered to Messrs Knepper and Faber, deputies from the canton of Remich.)


 Pilot
 Plane
 Distance
 Prize
1.
 Alexander de Petrovsky
 Sommer
 84.60 m
 Silver trophy
2.
 Joseph Christiaens
 Farman
 88.60 m


Prix quotidien du tour de piste (Rundenpreis)
(Daily prize for the fastest lap of the course. Prizes sponsored by the hotel-owners and inhabitants of Mondorf-les-Bains)

Sunday 5 June

Pilot
 Plane
 Time
 Prize
1.
 Joseph Christiaens
 Farman
 2:51
 500 francs

Élie Mollien
 Blériot XI
 2:58

Monday 6 June

Pilot
 Plane
 Time
 Prize
1.
 Joseph Christiaens
 Farman
 2:44.8
 500 francs

Alexander de Petrovsky
 Sommer
 2:58.8

Tuesday 7 June

Pilot
 Plane
 Time
 Prize
1.
 Joseph Christiaens
 Farman
 2:47.2
 500 francs

Élie Mollien
 Blériot XI
 2:53.6

Alexander de Petrovsky
 Sommer
 3:10.0

Wednesday 8 June

Pilot
 Plane
 Time
 Prize
1.
 Alexander de Petrovsky
 Sommer
 2:36.8
 500 francs

Joseph Christiaens
 Farman
 2:41.4

Thursday 9 June

Pilot
 Plane
 Time
 Prize
1.
 Joseph Christiaens
 Farman
 2:30.6
 500 francs

Élie Mollien
 Blériot XI
 2:53.4

Friday 10 June

Pilot
 Plane
 Time
 Prize
1.
 Joseph Christiaens
 Farman
 2:27.4
 500 francs

Saturday 11 June

Pilot
 Plane
 Time
 Prize
1.
 Joseph Christiaens
 Farman
 2:30.2
 500 francs

Sunday 12 June

Pilot
 Plane
 Time
 Prize
 Notes
1.


500 francs
 Not awarded


Total prize money won
Pilot
 Plane
Joseph Christiaens
 Farman
 12,000 francs
Alexander de Petrovsky
 Sommer
 6,500 francs
Élie Mollien
 Blériot XI
 500 francs
René Barrier
 Blériot XI
 500 francs


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