On
13 January 1908, Henri Farman became the first person to fly an observed
circuit of more than 1km, winning the Grand Prix d'Aviation.
He won the Deutsch-Archdeacon Prize and a significant cash prize for his
flight in the Voisin-Farman I biplane at Issy-les-Moulineaux, France.
Henri
Farman (1874-1958) was a French aviation pioneer and aircraft builder who popularized the use of ailerons, moveable
surfaces on the trailing edge of a wing that provide a means of lateral
control.
