<page_title> Daily Mail aviation prizes </page_title> <section_title> Prizes </section_title> <table> <cell> 1909 <col_header> Year awarded </col_header> </cell> <cell> Cross-channel flight <col_header> Prize </col_header> </cell> <cell> 1,000 <col_header> Amount (£) </col_header> </cell> <cell> Louis Blériot <col_header> Winner(s) </col_header> </cell> <cell> 1919 <col_header> Year awarded </col_header> </cell> <cell> Transatlantic flight <col_header> Prize </col_header> </cell> <cell> 10,000 <col_header> Amount (£) </col_header> </cell> <cell> Alcock and Brown <col_header> Winner(s) </col_header> </cell> </table>
The £1,000 prize for the first cross-channel flight was awarded to Louis Blériot in 1909 and the £10,000 prize given in 1919 to Alcock and Brown for a transatlantic flight.