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FRANCE. AUVERGNE. PUY-DE-DOME (63) RENAUX AND SENOUCQUE MEMORIAL COMMEMORATING THE FEAT. THE MICHELIN AVIATION PRIZE WAS AWARDED TO THE FIRST AVIATOR TO FLY FROM PARIS TO THE SUMMIT OF PUY DE DOME, CIRCLING CLERMONT-FERRAND CATHEDRAL IN LESS THAN SIX HOURS IN A TWO-SEATER AIRCRAFT. THE PRIZE WAS WON BY AVIATOR EUGENE RENAUX, ACCOMPANIED BY ALBERT SENOUQUE, WHO LANDED THEIR MAURICE FARMAN BIPLANE (POWERED BY A RENAULT ENGINE) ON 7 MARCH 1911 AT 2:23 P.M., AFTER A FLIGHT LASTING 5 HOURS AND 10 MINUTES. Photo by Bernard Jaubert/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM