Gordon Bennett Trophy (aeroplanes)
1909
Table:
Nationality
Pilot
Aircraft Type
Position
Time
Speed
Notes

France
Louis Blériot
Blériot XII
Second
15 min 56.2 s
75.31 km/h (46.80 mph)

France
Hubert Latham
Antoinette VII
Third
17 min 32 s
68.44 km/h (42.53 mph)

France
Eugène Lefebvre
Wright Model A
Fourth
20 min 47.6 s
57.71 km/h (35.86 mph)

United Kingdom
George Bertram Cockburn
Farman III

Did not finish course

United States
Glenn Curtiss
Curtiss No. 2
First
15 min 50.4 s
75.74 km/h (47.06 mph)

Based on the table titled "1909" section of Gordon Bennett Trophy (aeroplanes), provide an answer in a short sentence to the question below: How did Blériot do compared to Curtiss in the competition? Respond with the correct answer in JSON format as {"answer": "YOUR ANSWER"}.

answer: Blériot finished second place with a time of 15 minutes and 56.2 seconds, 5.8 seconds more than Curtiss, who finished in first place.