Daily Mail aviation prizes Totally Explained

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Between 1907 and 1925 the Daily Mail newspaper, initially on the initiative of its proprietor Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe, awarded numerous prizes for achievements in aviation. The newspaper would stipulate the amount of a prize for the first aviators to perform a particular task in aviation, or to the winner of an aviation race or event. The most famous prizes were the £1,000 for the first cross-channel flight awarded to Louis Blériot in 1909 and the £10,000 given in 1919 to Alcock and Brown for the first transatlantic flight between North America and Ireland. The prizes are credited with advancing the course of aviation during the early years, with the considerable sums offered becoming a much-coveted goal for the field's pioneers.

Prizes

Year Announced	ear Awarded	rize	mount (£)	inner(s)
1906	1910	London to Manchester flight	10,000	Louis Paulhan
1907	1907	Model aeroplane competition	100	Edwin Roe, W. Howard
	1908	Quarter mile out and return flight	100	Henri Farman
1908	1909	Cross-channel flight	1,000	Louis Bleriot
	1909	Circular mile	1,000	John Moore-Brabazon
	1910	Second cross-channel flight	100	Jacques de Lesseps
1910	1910	Best cross-country aggregate	1,000	Louis Paulhan
1910	1911	Round-Britain flight	10,000	André Beaumont (Jean Conneau)
1912	1912	Aerial Derby cup	105	Thomas Sopwith
1913	1913	Aerial Derby cup	105	Gustav Hamel
1913	1919	Transatlantic flight	10,000	Alcock and Brown
1913	--	Round-Britain flight for British "waterplanes"	5,000

In addition four "consolation" prizes were awarded.

Year Announced	ear Awarded	rize	mount (£)	inner(s)
1906	1910	London to Manchester flight	105	Claude Grahame White
1910	1911	Round-Britain flight	200	Jules Védrines
1913	1913	Round-Britain flight for British "waterplanes"	1,000	Harry Hawker
1913	1919	Transatlantic flight	5,000	Harry Hawker, Kenneth Mackenzie Grieve

(Prize amounts are given in UK pounds) ==

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