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to offer a prize of 50,000 francs for the first heavier-than-air flight around a one kilometre closed circuit. The sum represented about 20 times the annual earnings of a
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summed up Europe's opinion of the Wright brothers in an editorial: "The
Wrights have flown or they have not flown. They possess a machine or they do not possess one. They are in fact either fliers or liars. It is difficult to fly. It's easy to say, 'We have flown.'"
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In 1897 he finished 20th in the Paris-Dieppe Trail on 24 July driving a
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359:, a silver trophy for the first flight of more than 25 metres by a 'heavier-than-air' craft. Later, the Aéro-Club de France offered a prize of 1500 francs to the first person to fly 100 m (330 ft).
327:'s box-kites: it was a three-bay biplane with side-curtains between the wings, a double-cell biplane tail and a forward elevator, and was fitted with a pair of floats. It was successfully tested on the
257:'s lecture to the Aero Club de France on 2 April 1903, Archdeacon decided to further encourage the development of aviation in France. He was encouraged to do this by the pioneer French aviator Captain
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heavier-than-air flights had been in a straight line. The prize was intended to encourage the development of an airplane that could turn, so the prize winner would have to fly a closed circuit.
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framework covered with silk and braced with piano wire, and lacked the provision for lateral control that was the key to the success of the Wright
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on 29 May 1908. The total flight was 1,241 m (4,072 ft). Charles E. Vivian says he was preceded on 29 March by
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describing their recent achievements in detail. The letter was published in the Paris sporting daily newspaper
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and back in less than thirty minutes. On 19 October 1901
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141:His most lasting contribution to aviation is the
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321:Voisin-Archdeacon floatplane glider
246:won the prize in his airship No 6.
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