The Times announced on June 30th that Edge had won the Gordon Bennett Cup.
An early accomplishment was the design of a successful model aircraft, which then won the Gordon Bennett Cup in 1908.
In July 1903 the Gordon Bennett Cup passed through Castledermot.
The 1905 Gordon Bennett Cup, as agreed by its rules, was held in France, the home country of its previous winner.
The same year, two S.20s competed in the Gordon Bennett Cup.
Several European drivers with experience of the Gordon Bennett Cup take part and the event is a huge commercial success.
He was placed second in the 1909 Gordon Bennett Cup for balloons.
An international competition, between nations rather than individuals, began with the Gordon Bennett Cup in auto racing.
The race incorporates the Gordon Bennett Cup (see below).
After an accident in the French trials for 1905 Gordon Bennett Cup which he only just survived, he ended his racing career.
