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2 unusual facts about 1911 Paris to Madrid air race


1911 Paris to Madrid air race

Jean Louis Conneau (flying as "Andre Beaumont") had landed his Bleriot XI at Loches, a little further than halfway to the first destination, for engine maintenance, then crashed there on takeoff.

Ernest Monis

Monis and his son were both injured in the opening event of the 1911 Paris to Madrid air race.


Henri Maurice Berteaux

Berteaux was accidentally killed on May 21, 1911 at the start of the 1911 Paris to Madrid air race, when a monoplane piloted by Louis Émile Train made a forced landing, running into a group of people including Berteaux, the oil tycoon Henri Deutsch de la Meurthe, the French Prime Minister Ernest Monis and his son, all of whom were also injured.


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