Blackpool Aviation Week 1909
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The Blackpool Aviation Week was an early British air show that took place in Blackpool in October 1909. It was recognised by the Aero Club of Great Britain making it Britain's first official air show.
The cover of the programme for the 1909 Blackpool Aviation Week
Louis Paulhan
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Isidore Auguste Marie Louis Paulhan, was a French aviator. He is known for winning the first Daily Mail aviation prize for the first flight between London and Manchester in 1910.
Blackpool Aviation Week 1909
…and hangars. The site later became Blackpool Airport. The club aimed to attract the leading airmen of the age. French pilots including Henri Farman, Louis Paulhan, Hubert Latham, Henri Rougier and Alfred Leblanc entered, as did British pioneer Alliott Verdon Roe. Around 60,000 spectators attended the first day…
Louis Paulhan in 1909
Louis Paulham aboard the Voisin biplane
Louis Paulhan at takeoff in a Farman III biplane at the 1910 Los Angeles International Air Meet at Dominguez Field
Paulhan and passenger Mrs. Dick Ferris at the Los Angeles Air Meet