Grande Semaine d'Aviation
Rouen, France, June 19th - 26th, 1910

1
Blériot XI-2 bis
Pilot: Léon Morane
Engine: 50 hp Gnôme 7-cyl.
(1)

2
Farman
Pilot: Joseph Christiaens
Engine: 50 hp Gnôme 7-cyl.
Christiaens' short-wing Farman was one of several machines that had the race numbers re-painted during the meeting. This photo might show the number from the Mondorf meeting one week earlier, where he also had number 2. (2)

2
Farman
Pilot: Joseph Christiaens
Engine: 50 hp Gnôme 7-cyl.
In this photo the race number is repainted in a white box. (2)

3
Voisin "Course"
Pilot: René Métrot
Engine: 50 hp ENV V-8
(3)

(3)
Farman
Pilot: Bertram Dickson
Engine: 50 hp Gnôme 7-cyl.
Dickson's machine arrived still carrying race number 3 from the Angers meeting one week earlier. The plane is misidentified as Metrot's in several photos. (4)

4
Farman
Pilot: Charles van den Born
Engine: 50 hp Gnôme 7-cyl.
Van den Born crashed already on the morning of the first day of the meeting. We haven't seen any photos of his machine before the accident. (1)

5
Farman
Pilot: Bertram Dickson
Engine: 50 hp Gnôme 7-cyl.
Now repainted with the correct race number... (5)

6
Voisin
Pilot: Jean Dufour
Engine: 70 hp Labor-Picker
(2)

7
Farman
Pilot: Pilot: Michel Efimoff (Михаил Ефимов)
Engine: 50 hp Gnôme 7-cyl
(6)

8
Farman
Pilot: Émile Bruneau de Laborie
Engine: 50 hp Gnôme 7-cyl
A standard 1910 Farman, but with characteristic little wheels at the front of the landing skids. (2)

8
Farman
Pilot: Émile Bruneau de Laborie
Engine: 50 hp Gnôme 7-cyl
Bruneau de Laborie's machine also had its race number repainted during the meeting. (2)

9
Breguet
Pilot: Léon Bathiat
Engine: 50 hp Renault V-8
(7)

10
Tellier
Pilot: Émile Dubonnet
Engine: 35 hp Panhard et Levassor I-4
(2)

10
Tellier
Pilot: Émile Dubonnet
Engine: 35 hp Panhard et Levassor I-4
Dubonnet's machine was also re-marked, with the race number moved from the fuselage to the tail. (3)

Photo wanted!
11
Sommer
Pilot: Robert Mignot
Engine: 50 hp Gnôme 7-cyl.


12
Voisin
Pilot: "Raymonde de Laroche" (Élise Deroche)
Engine: 50 hp ENV V-8
(4)

13
Antoinette
Pilot: Hubert Latham
Engine: 50 hp Antoinette V-8
(4)

14
Sommer
Pilot: Léon Verstraeten
Engine: 50 hp Gnôme 7-cyl.
(4)

15
Sommer
Pilot: Marcel Paillette
Engine: 50 hp Gnôme 7-cyl.
Paillette's Sommer had short lower wing panels without ailerons. (7)

Photo wanted!
16
Farman
Pilot: Jorge "Géo" Chávez
Engine: 50 hp ENV V-8


17
Antoinette
Pilot: Gijbertus "Gijs" Küller
Engine: 50 hp ENV V-8
Küller had replaced the troublesome Antoinette engine with an ENV after his spectacular crash at Verona. The radiators were decorated with the Dutch flag - the light area below the wing is the white band between the red and the blue. (8)

18
Bayard-Clément "Demoiselle"
Pilot: Edmond Audemars
Engine: 30 hp Bayard-Clément O-2
(2)

19
Blériot XI
Pilot: Bartolomeo Cattaneo
Engine: 50 hp Gnôme 7-cyl.
(2)

20
Hanriot VI
Pilot: Marcel Hanriot
Engine: 40 hp Clerget I-4
(3)

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