Description: The 1910 Los Angeles International Air Meet, California, Images of Aviation, Pap 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, was promoted for Los Angeles. Businessman Dick Ferris, the Los Angeles Merchants and Manufacturers Association, and the Los Angeles Examiner collaborated to make it possible. Most Americans had never seen the newfangled machines that soared in the skies. Initially skeptical, they soon were awed. So began America's love affair with aviation. The air meet influenced aviation in Southern California and transportation worldwide into the 21st century.
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Location: Columbia, South Carolina
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Item must be returned within: 30 Days
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Brand: Unbranded
MPN: 9780738571904
Book Title: 1910 Los Angeles International Air Meet
Item Length: 9.2in
Item Height: 0.3in
Item Width: 6.5in
Author: Dominguez Rancho Adobe Museum, Kenneth E. Pauley
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Aviation / Commercial, United States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY), United States / West / Pacific (Ak, CA, Hi, Or, WA), Subjects & Themes / Aerial
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Publication Year: 2009
Genre: Photography, Travel, Transportation, History
Item Weight: 10.5 Oz
Number of Pages: 128 Pages
