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Angeles, constructed a gyroplane for the contest, as well as entering a monoplane. His design, described by the LA Times as "quite novel", consisted of "two 12-foot circular planes in the front, and two 8-foot planes in the rear." Klassen hoped that the "gyroscopic motion
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Aviators competed for the $ 75,000 in prizes according to a standard procedure. The aviators would first "notify the judges for which prize they about to compete" and then fly around the 1.61-mile (2.59 km) course, always in an anti-clockwise direction. Aviators were informed that they "must
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the hours of two and five o'clock p. m. of one complete circuit of the course in competition for the speed or endurance competitions will be penalized five per cent of their best time for the prize." Only the best time was counted during the judging at the end of the meet.
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on March 23, 1903, and Patent Number 821393 is dated May 22, 1906. They moved their flying north east of Dayton to a 100-acre field called
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was considered, but physical obstructions such as tall trees led the aviators to search elsewhere. By December 1909, they selected Dominguez Field atop a small hill that had been developed by
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Glenn Curtiss set a new air speed record of approximately 55 miles per hour (89 kilometers per hour), and took home the prize for the best quick start. In all, he won approximately $ 6,500.
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The 1910 Air Meet drew many famous aviators, most of whom were American.
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to land within five miles (8 km) of San Francisco.
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682:Ornithopter
259:, American
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1625:Categories
1397:2012-10-27
1326:2011-08-18
1252:2008-04-25
1181:References
1131:Farman III
1000:Farman III
962:Attendance
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902:Aeroplane
830:New York
819:New York
737:Bowplane
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587:New York
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551:Triplane
230:The event
124:Frankfurt
1246:Archived
1169:See also
1089:Atlantic
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809:Biplane
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312:ailerons
261:aviation
216:balloons
212:biplanes
63:airshows
36:118°15′W
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136:airshow
128:Germany
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