Daily Mail aviation prizes
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Between 1907 and 1919 the Daily Mail newspaper awarded fourteen prizes for achievements in aviation. The newspaper would stipulate the amount of a prize for the first aviators to perform a particular task in aviation, or to the winner of an aviation race or event. The final prize was the £10000 given in 1919 to Alcock and Brown for the first non-stop transatlantic flight.
The prizes are credited with advancing the course of aviation during the early years, with the considerable sums offered becoming a much-coveted goal for the field's pioneers.
[edit] Prizes
| Year | Prize | Amount | Winners |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1907 | model aeroplane competition | 100 | Edwin Roe, W. Howard |
| 1908 | quarter mile out and return flight | 100 | Henri Farman |
| 1909 | cross-channel flight | 1000 | Louis Bleriot |
| 1909 | circular mile | 1000 | John Moore-Brabazon |
| 1910 | London to Manchester flight | 10000 | Louis Paulhan |
| 1910 | second cross-channel flight | 100 | Jacques de Lesseps |
| 1910 | best cross-country aggregate | 1000 | Louis Paulhan |
| 1910 | Paris to London flight | 50 | John Moisant |
| 1911 | round Britain flight | 10000 | André Beaumont (Jean Conneau) |
| 1912 | Aerial Derby cup | 105 | Thomas Sopwith |
| 1913 | Aerial Derby cup | 105 | Gustav Hamel |
| 1914 | Aerial Derby cup | 105 | W. L. Brock |
| 1919 | Aerial Derby cup | 210 | Gerald Gathergood |
| 1919 | Transatlantic flight | 10000 | Alcock and Brown |
In addition four "consolation" prizes were awarded.
| Year | Prize | Amount | Winners |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910 | London to Manchester flight | 105 | Claude Grahame White |
| 1911 | round Britain flight | 200 | Jules Védrines |
| 1913 | round Britain flight for British machines | 1000 | Harry Hawker |
| 1919 | Transatlantic flight | 5000 | Harry Hawker, Kenneth Mackenzie Grieve |
(Prize amounts are given in UK pounds)
