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- French Aviator Louis Paulhan and Glenn Curtiss at the 1910 Los Angeles International Aviation Meet, January 1910 - Frenchman Louis Paulhan and New Yorker Glenn Curtiss met in Los Angeles for the first competition between French and American airplanes in the western hemisphere. Both pilots, despite being freshly embroiled in a legal dispute with the Wright brothers, wowed the crowds and collected prize money. Curtiss swept the speed contests, and Paulhan set a new altitude record.
- January 01, 1910
- Collections - Artifact
French Aviator Louis Paulhan and Glenn Curtiss at the 1910 Los Angeles International Aviation Meet, January 1910
Frenchman Louis Paulhan and New Yorker Glenn Curtiss met in Los Angeles for the first competition between French and American airplanes in the western hemisphere. Both pilots, despite being freshly embroiled in a legal dispute with the Wright brothers, wowed the crowds and collected prize money. Curtiss swept the speed contests, and Paulhan set a new altitude record.