 He used this aircraft, the Voisin 1907 biplane to set numerous official records for both distance and duration.These include the first to fly a complete circuit of 1 kilometre (13 January 1908, winning the 50,000 franc "Grand Prix d'Aviation" offered by Henri Deutsch de la Meurthe) and 2 kilometres (21 March 1908).Some sources state that on 29 March, he became the first to take a passenger into the air, Leon Delagrange.