and he is said to have refused a guarantee of US$10,000 if he would visit the United States to perform demonstrations.

In March 1908 a period of intense competition between Henri Farman and Delagrange began, Delagrange now flying the new Delagrange II incorporating the modifications that had been made to Farman's Voisin aircraft, now renamed the Farman Ibis and with a new covering of "Continental"