The Washington times., 1911-07-17
AMERICA ST|NGY TO
AY|ATORS,, EUROPE
IS MORE GENEROUS
Cash Prizes for Pilots
Much More Plentiful
Abroad.

The progress which has been made
thus far in aviation throughout the
world has been largly due to the offer
ing of cash prizes TO encourage the
aviators, Is the opinion OF those who
are most familiar with the art OF avia-
ton.
People who have given the subject OF
prize money no consideration will, no
doubt. be surprised TO learn that more
than $1,00O,0D has been offered for spe-
cial flights and for improvements in
aeroplapes from May ID December of
this year: This encouragement has
been given by the newspapers. wealthy
men. and manufacturers. Unfortunately,
America is far behind Europe in the
giving of prizes.
Principal American Prizes.
The principal prizes which have been
offered in this country are the Automo-
bile Club Of Americas motor reliability
prize, $1,000; Gould scientific American
prize, $1,000; world prize for flight from
New York TO st. Louis Oentattve) $780,
0cO; Hearst prize for flight across the
continent, $4,000.
In England there is the Manville prize
lBritish aviators only), for long distance
flights on nine specified dates, $3.50;
Michelin prize, for longest flight above
an aerodrome during 1911. $500: another
Michelin prize of 5000 open to British
aviators only for l25-mile cross-coun-
try trip; the Mortimer Singer prizes OF
$500 each are for cross-country flights
by army and navy pilots. Patrick Y.
Alexanders engine reliability prize.
5000: Gordon Bennett cup race. 5000,
and the race of the London Daily Mail,
for LOCO miles around Great Britain,
for the snug sum of $4,000.
Encouraging Air Pilots. ..
Continental Europe has been giving
much encouragement to the pilots of
the air, a prize of 5000 having been
offered for the fastest flight from Nice
to the Island of Corsica. L'Auto prize,
Paris to Bordeaux. is for 5000. One of
the most interesting prizes is the Rene
Quinton prize for the longest distance
volplane of 5000. The Aero Club CT
France has offered a prize of $1,000 for
the longest circular flight, and another
prize worth securing is the national
aviation prize of $4,000 from Paris TO
Orleans.
There is also the tour of the south
Of France, $4,000; the French ministry
Of works prize OF $4,000, for construc-
tors; the Dufayel prize, Bagatelle to
Lattaree, $4,000; the Aero Club of Berne
pIlZc, " "Ou ny
on a Morane monoplane, $1,000; the
Michelin prize for the longest distance
above an aerodrome in France. $1,000.
Another prize which will go a long
way to develop the passenger carrying
aeroplane is the Quentin Bauchert prize
for passenger carrying of $4,000; the
Pommery Freres prize of $4,000 for the
longest straight flight to be made by
French aviators only; the Deutsche
prize for circuit around Paris, 81, 900,
and the Petit Parisien prize Of s9O.O0O
for a race from Paris to Madrid.
The Automobile Club of France, 10
stimulate the interest in air riding. has
offered $4,000 prize. known as the
prize OF $4,000 for a flight across the
Mediterranean. There is also the Ger
man circuit prize, the cruise finishing
at Berlin. Of $4,000; the well-known
also has a prize of s47,5oO known as the
circuit in Saxony, the race to start at
Chemnitz. Very interesting will be the
contest for the prizes,
Oversee Circuit Prize.
There is also the oversea circuit. Ca
lais- Dover -Folkstone- Boulogne, for sG0,-
900; the Petit Journal prize Of Paris-to-
Rome flight. for $4,000. Then comes
the prize given by the Standard, LIE
Journal, and other papers for a flight
from Paris to Brussels to London and
return to Paris of SS5.000.
The Russian aerial tour is for a prize
of 5000 the race to start at St Pet
ersburg. The French government has
a prize of $4,000 for military aero
planes.
Besides these prizes there are prizes
at meets and circuits in Germany,
italy, Russia, and Belgium which
amount to $I50,n0o. From this long list
of prizes In England and Continental
Europe it can be plainly seen that this
stirn1Ilate our flyers of the air.