Twelfth lunar month, the tenth (DingWei years), January 13, 1908, Farr Mans for the first time for a long time circle flight. 1

1908 13, the first French driver Henry Farr Mans Wazzan pusher biplane flight full of at least 1 km, has received a $ 10,000 bonus. Farr Mans driving one equipped with a 50-horsepower engine, 300-pound aircraft. Five miles southeast from Paris Isser takeoff. Aircraft easily reach the flight requirements, a speed of 24 miles per hour and a height of 25-30 feet, and a total of more than one kilometer flight. The flight Wazzan advance-biplane will replace manipulation convenient balloon flying in the air. (Lssdjt.cn)