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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 $25,000 Orteig Prize in 1919 for the first non-stop transatlantic flight between New York City and Paris, which was claimed by Charles Lindbergh eight years later in 1927.

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Raymond Orteig

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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...

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Orteig Prize

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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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Charles Lindbergh

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Lindbergh Orteig Prize collection | National Air and Space Museum". airandspace.si.edu. Retrieved November 13, 2022. The Raymond Orteig Historical Archive...

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Ansari X Prize

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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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Emerging technologies

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for goals yet to be achieved. The Orteig Prize was a $25,000 award offered in 1919 by French hotelier Raymond Orteig for the first nonstop flight between...

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Clarence Chamberlin

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of public fame; he wanted to win the Orteig Prize, a $25,000 reward offered by New York hotel owner Raymond Orteig to the first aviator(s) to fly non-stop...

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Augustus Post

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the possibility of transatlantic travel, Post inspired hotel owner Raymond Orteig to put up the $25,000 prize money for the transatlantic flight competition...

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Xprize Foundation

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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...

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Aero Club of America

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York and Paris. He worked with wealthy hotel owner Raymond Orteig in securing the $25,000 for the Orteig Prize. The $25,000 prize was to be awarded "to the...

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Inducement prize contest

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another example is the Orteig Prize which was a $25,000 reward offered on May 19, 1919, by New York hotel owner Raymond Orteig to the first allied aviator(s)...

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List of challenge awards

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won in 1977 by the MacCready Gossamer Condor. United States Orteig Prize Raymond Orteig 1919 For the first Allied aviator(s) to fly non-stop from New...

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Wooster and Davis

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of 1927. The men were trying to win the $25,000 Orteig Prize offered by New York hotelier Raymond Orteig for the first nonstop flight between New York and...

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List of awards named after people

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Journalism Outstanding accomplishment in Spanish-language journalism Orteig Prize Raymond Orteig Aviation First aviator of the Allies of World War I to fly nonstop...

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June 1927

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Lindbergh collected the $25,000 Orteig Prize, as the first person to fly an airplane between New York City and Paris. Raymond Orteig handing him the award at...

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May 1919

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noble titles or knighthoods to Canadian citizens. American hotel owner Raymond Orteig offered a prize of $25,000 to the first aviator to fly non-stop from...

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1919 in aviation

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portal This is a list of aviation-related events from 1919: Raymond Orteig offers the Orteig Prize for the first non-stop transatlantic flight between New...

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List of aviation awards

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Michelin Various long-distance flight competition United States Orteig Prize Raymond Orteig First Allied aviator(s) to fly non-stop from New York City to...

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May 1927

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Diego the afternoon before. Lindbergh was "the only entrant in the Raymond Orteig $25,000 flight [contest] who plans to make the transatlantic flight...

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Igor Sikorsky

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1926: 167, 180  S-35 trimotor built for René Fonck's attempt to win the Orteig Prize, 1926: 169–178  S-36 twin engine amphibian, 1927: 182  S-37 twin-engine...

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List of firsts in aviation

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33-hour journey from New York to Paris on May 20–21, 1927, winning the Orteig Prize. First outside loop: Jimmy Doolittle, in a Curtiss P-1B Hawk on May...

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1926

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René Fonck and three others attempt to fly the Atlantic, in pursuit of the Orteig Prize. Before the newsreel cameras at Roosevelt Field New York, the modified...

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