Pilot Alexis Maneyrol returned to Paris in 1922 after setting a world gliding record and winning a major prize at the Itford Hill aerial meeting.
Historic flight in 1922
On October 24, 1922, a large crowd gathered at Paris' Gare du Nord to welcome pilot Alexis Maneyrol, who had returned from Great Britain after participating in the Itford Hill aerial meeting. Maneyrol's aircraft and skills
Across the Channel, during the glider competition, Maneyrol, who had received his pilot's license on November 10, 1911, with the well-known number 673, stood out at the controls of a triangular fuselage monoplane "Langley" with tandem wings, designed by Louis Peyret. Double achievement in aviation
Alexis Maneyrol was thus responsible for a double achievement: the aviator won the Daily Mail prize amounting to 1,000 pounds sterling, but he also set a world gliding flight record, thanks to a motorless flight lasting three hours and 23 minutes. Media coverage of the event
These two remarkable performances were not missed by the press, which covered them in its editions. Published on October 12, 2026 at 12:00.
