The 'Grande Semaine d'Aviation de la Champagne' international air meet held at Reims in August 1909 was the first aviation meet in the world. Others soon followed.

Many aviation events were subsequently arranged ... the following list shows prominent early meets.

 

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22 - 29 August 1909 Reims, France Plain of Bétheny
15 - 23 October 1909 Doncaster, England unofficial
18 - 25 October 1909 Blackpool, England  
10 - 20 January 1910 Los Angeles, California Dominguez Field
6 - 13 February 1910 Heliopolis, Egypt  
10 - 25 April 1910 Nice, France  
27 June - 2 July 1910 Woverhampton, England Dunstall Park
3 - 10 July 1910 Reims, France  
11 - 17 July 1910 Bournemouth, England death of Charles Rolls
28 July - 3 August 1910 Blackpool, England  
6 - 13 August 1910 Lanark, Scotland  
3 - 13 September 1910 Harvard-Boston Squantum airfield
22 - 30 October 1910 Belmont Park  
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