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LONGCHAMPS | |||||
Not to be confused with | Longchamps | ||||
Description | Still without the municipal authorization to host horse races, on February 6th 1910 the Longchamps racecourse hosted the first verified flight in Latin America, carried out by the Frenchman Henri Brègi on a Voisin plane. To entertain the more than 3000 present, on that day a motorcycle and 2 car races were held on the horse track 3000 meter long respectively for the "Anzani", Touring Club and "Villa Longchamps" prizes. On February 7th 1910, Henri Brègi once again made a demonstration of air navigation and a car race 50 km - 19 mi long was held. Finally, on February 8th 1910, Henri Brégi made a couple of flights on his Voisin for the third time and another 50 km - 19 mi long race was held. | ||||
Location | Longchamps, Almirante Brown B - Buenos Aires - Buenos Aires | ||||
Location | Longchamps, Partido de Almirante Brown Between current calles Bolivar and Los Studs on one side and Sarmiento and Av. San Martín on the other. | ||||
Latitude - Longitude | - 34°51'40" - 58°23'00" -34.861111 -58.383333 | ||||
UTM Coordinates | X = 373551.358 - Y = 6141486.407 - Zone 21H | ||||
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Altitude AMSL | 30 m - 98 ft | ||||
Inauguration | February 6th 1910 | ||||
Closing | February 8th 1910 | ||||
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Hipodromo de Longhamps | |||||
Description | |||||
Years | 1910 | ||||
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No longer operational | YES | ||||
Car Circuit | YES | ||||
Motorbike circuit | YES | ||||
Type | Courses established on or around horse track venues | ||||
Inauguration | February 6th 1910 | ||||
Closing | February 8th 1910 | ||||
Last update of this page | February 25th 2021 | ||||
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Distinctive points | |||||
length | 3000 m | 9843 ft | 1.864 mi | (1) |
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Date | Track layout | Years | Description by | Map by | Thanks to | Note | |
February 25th 2021 | Hipodromo de Longhamps | 1910 | Guido de Carli | Luis Alberto González | New | Description without map | |
Not all eventual updates issued in last years are already visible in this list |