The 1910 Los Angeles International Air Meet

by Kenneth Pauley and Dominguez Rancho Adobe Museum

Book Overview

America's first international air meet was held January 10-20, 1910, in Los Angeles on a mesa called Dominguez Hill, situated 13.5 miles south of the plaza at the pueblo of Los Angeles. Enthusiasm for aviation grew after the first international air meet in 1909 in Rheims, France, where American aviator Glenn H. Curtiss won three prestigious speed prizes and 36,000 francs. An even more spectacular air meet, which would also invigorate the local economy,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738571903
• ISBN13: 9780738571904
• Release Date: December 2009
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.8" x 9.4"