The prizes are credited with advancing the course of aviation during the early years, with the considerable sums offered becoming a much-coveted goal for the field's pioneers.

Year announced Year awarded Prize Amount (£) Winner(s)

1906 1910 London to Manchester flight 10,000 Louis Paulhan

1907 1907 Model aeroplane competition 100 Edwin Roe, W. Howard

1908 Quarter mile out and return flight 100 Henri Farman

1908 1909 Cross-channel flight 1,000 Louis Bleriot

1909 Circular mile 1,000 John Moore-Brabazon

1910 Second cross-channel flight 100 Jacques de Lesseps

1910 1910 Best cross-country aggregate 1,000 Louis Paulhan

1910 1911 Circuit of Britain race 10,000 André Beaumont (Jean Conneau)

1912 1912 Aerial Derby cup 105 Thomas Sopwith

1913 1913 Aerial Derby cup 105 Gustav Hamel

1913, 1918 1919 Transatlantic flight 10,000 Alcock and Brown 1913 -- Circuit of Great Britain for "waterplanes" 5,000

1914 1914 Aerial Derby cup 105 W. L. Brock

1919 1919 Aerial Derby cup 210 Gerald Gathergood

1923 1923 Economy flight for motor gliders 1,000

1925 1926 Economy flight for dual-control 3,000 George Bulman (Hawker Cygnet)

light aircraft of British construction

1930 1930 Solo flight from England to Australia10,000 Amy Johnson

**In addition four "consolation" prizes were awarded. 1906 1910 London to Manchester flight 105 Claude Grahame White

1910 1911 Round-Britain flight 200 Jules Védrines

1913 1913 Round-Britain flight for British "waterplanes 1,000 Harry Hawker

1913 1919 Transatlantic flight 5,000 Harry Hawker, Kenneth Mackenzie Grieve