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Orteig Prize The
Orteig Prize was a
reward of $25,000
offered in 1919 by New York City
hotel owner Raymond Orteig to the
first Allied aviator, or aviators...
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Raymond Orteig (1870 – 6 June 1939) was a
French American hotel owner in New York City in the
early 20th century. He is best
known for
setting up the $25...
- aircraft, the
Spirit of St. Louis, was
built to
compete for the $25,000
Orteig Prize for the
first flight between the two cities.
Although not the first...
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Prize was
inspired by the
Orteig Prize—the 1919
prize worth 25,000
dollars offered by New York
hotel owner Raymond Orteig that
encouraged a
number of...
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Plante was born in Milwaukee,
Wisconsin to
Jules and
Barbara (née Barnes)
Orteig. His
maternal grandfather Pat
Barnes was a Chicago-based
radio host and...
- the
Orteig prize in the Wright-Bellanca WB-2 Columbia.
Levine bumped Bertaud from the
copilot position,
prompting an ****ction
preventing any
Orteig record...
- a
transatlantic flight. He was
ready to
cross the
Atlantic to
claim the
Orteig prize but a
court battle over who was
going to be in the
airplane allowed...
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Ansari XPRIZE, was
inspired by the
Orteig Prize, a $25,000
prize offered in 1919 by
French hotelier Raymond Orteig for the
first nonstop flight between...
- Island, New York, to Paris, France, for
which Lindbergh won the $25,000
Orteig Prize.
Lindbergh took off in the
Spirit from
Roosevelt Airfield in Garden...
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Village neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. It was
founded by
Raymond Orteig in 1902. The
hotel was
particularly known for its restaurant, the Café Lafayette...
