Publication 5360, 1906, Der Gordon-Bennett Preis (1)

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Brockett is cataloguing a series of articles in WLZ about the race.

Rules, prize money, participants, specifications of their various balloons, layout of the launching area, departure times, results (somewhat buried in the article); portraits of Lahm and Hersey; translation of Lahm's account.

Santos-Dumont's aircraft was called Les deux Amériques.


Original title Der Gordon-Bennett Preis (1)
Simple title The Gordon-Bennett Prize (1)
Authors
Date 1906
Countries AT
Languages de
Keywords 1st Gordon Bennett International Balloon Race, Aéro-Club de France, prize, Frank P. Lahm, Henry B. Hersey, translation, Alfred Vonwiller
Journal Wien. Luftsch. Zeit.
Related to aircraft? 1
Page count 17
Word count
Wikidata id

Sources

  • Brockett 1910, page 369, entry 5360: Gordon-Bennett Preis (Der). Wien. Luftsch. Zeit., V Jahrg., Nr. 3, 10, 11, 12 (März, Okt., Nov., Dez. 1906), Wien, pp. 60-61, 197, 217-226, 252-255, ports. Alfred Vonwiller, Lahm, Hersey. S (5360
  • Scan at internet archive: pp. 60, 197, 217, 252