Early Airshows

1909: Reims Air Meet in France in August. A key aviator was Glenn Curtiss, who won the Ordon Bennett Cup. This show inspired John Moisant.

1910: Dominguez Field, just south of Los Angeles, California from January 10, 1910 to January 20, 1910. Participants included: Glenn Curtiss; Charles Hamilton; Lincoln Beachey; and Louis Paulhan. The Los Angeles Times called it "one of the greatest public events in the history of the West."

1910: Harvard-Boston Aero Meet at the Harvard Aviation Field in Atlantic, Massachusetts, from September 3, 1910 to September 13, 1910. It was the first major air event in the Eastern United States and offered $90,000 in prizes and appearance fees. Participants included the Wright brothers and the Glenn Curtiss exhibition teams and Claude Grahame-White. This show inspired Harriet Quimby.

1910: Belmont International Aviation Tournament offered approximately $75,000 in prize money. Participants included Count Jacques de Lesseps, Roland Garros, Claude Grahame-White, Glenn Curtiss, John Moisant, Arch Hoxsey, Ralph Johnstone, and Charles Hamilton.

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