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The embedded course maps on the "Venue" pages don't display anymore. I don't know why, but it may be that Google Maps have made some changes. I'm not at home today, but I'll investigate this as soon as possible.

Anders

May I please reproduce the poster and two of the pilot pictures from the 1910 Heliopolis page in a powerpoint presentation that I am giving next week? You're welcome! I believe all images are in the public domain and if you're interested in the original sources you can find them on the "Refere...

"Hauvette-Michelin" flew an Antoinette in the Heliopolis and La Crau meetings in early 1910 and was killed in an accident at the Lyon meeting in May 1910, becoming the sixth pilot to die in an air accident. His first name was never mentioned in contemporary reports, which made it likely th...

And here's the proof: See this page of the Orléans newspaper "Journal du Loiret", 17-18 January 1910 : Aéro-Club du Centre L'aviateur Edmond Morelle Un des membres de l' Aéro-Club du Centre, M. Edmond Morelle, vient de prendre livraison, aux usines du camp de Châlons, d'un aéroplane Farman...

I have modified the Cannes pages by adding the name Edmond Morelle , the true name of the pilot "Edmond". He raced both cars and airplanes under pseudonym, as was allowed by both federations, and his real name has only been found out recently through a cooperation of automobile and aviatio...

Hi everybody, Nothing very dramatic to report, but during the last couple of months I've added several pilot pages. The dates of the files are a bit messed up because I've made changes to almost all, so unfortunately I can't tell you exactly which. The ambition is to first cover all who participated...

Hi everybody, On the 1909 Vichy meeting "Planes" page there are photos of the Wright of Paul Tissandier and the remains of the Voisin/Zipfel of Armand Zipfel, both carrying race numbers. I have previously had some doubt whether these photos actually were from 1909, or from the 1910 Vichy m...

Similarly to the Sevilla meeting three weeks earlier, this was a small meeting with only five Blériot pilots, taking place at a horse racecourse. Louis Blériot himself made one of his last public appearances as a pilot, before high winds interrupted the action during a couple of days. The big star o...

Two different programs from the 1910 Grand Quinzaine d'Aviation de la Baie de Seine are available here at aviation-le-havre.over-blog.com.

Anders

The 1-7 May 1910 "1a Grande Settimana d'Aviazione" of Palermo is not very well-known, and I don't think anything has been written about in English before, except a couple of short reports in 1910 magazines. This is perhaps not so strange: The meeting was a bit of a fiasco, with flights tak...