Archdeacon prize
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The Archdeacon prize was a 3000-franc reward offered by Ernest Archdeacon for the first pilot to fly 25 meters or further.
Alberto Santos-Dumont won this prize with a flight of 50 meters on 23 October 1906, observed by members the Aéro-Club de France.[1] Santos Dumont was by virtue of this feat credited with making the first airplane flight until the Wright Brothers' story achieved popular awareness and acceptance.
See also the Deutsch-Archdeacon Prize, a larger prize offered jointly with Henri Deutsch de la Meurthe, for longer airplane flights.
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