International Aviation Meet at Belmont Park
The Belmont Park aviation meet was an international air show that took place in 1910. The Belmont Racetrack in Elmont, New York, United States, was the site of the aviation meet. The event took place over nine days and featured aerial races, and contests involving duration, distance, speed and altitude.
Belmont Park program (1910) | |
| Date | October 22–31, 1910 |
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| Duration | 9 days |
| Venue | Belmont Racetrack |
| Location | Belmont Park |
| Also known as | Belmont Park aviation meet |
| Type | air show |
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| Organized by | Aero Club of America |
| Participants | Aviators |
The show was managed and organized by the Aero Club of America and it took place over nine days, October 22–31, 1910. Featured aviators included Wilbur Wright, Alfred Leblanc, Émile Aubrun, René Simon, John Moisant and Claude Grahame-White. The show awarded prize money of US$72,300 (equivalent to $2,354,400 in 2023); revenue from gate gate receipts for the show totaled US$188,000 (equivalent to $6,147,600 in 2023).
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