The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-12-30

and return, winning $4,000 prize: time,
New York to Philadelphia, Sc miles. 1
hour 81 minutes; Philadelphia 10 New
York. 1 hour SO minutes.
II. Walter s. BroolSins made new worlds
altitude record by ascending A.S00 feet
az Indianapolis
% Count Zeppelin's dirigible Deutschland
sailed 300 miles from Frledrichshaven
10 Dusseldorf, carrying II passengers.
"a Zeppeiin's airship Deutschland made
an excursion trip, carrying 30 passen-
gers.
JULY.
q clifford B. Harmon broke the Ameri-
can amateur long flight record Chis
own by remaining in the air hours
3lh minutes at Mineola.
O. Second international aviation meet
opened at Rheims, France Aviator
Wachter killed by the fall OF his ma
chine
O. Walter K. Brookins flew 6,2l5 feet up
In the air at Atlantic City.
r. Capt c. s. Rolls, English aviator,
killed at Bournemouth In Wright BIZ
plane
AUGUST.
i3 Radley, an English aviator. broke the
worlds speed flight record by flying
mile in a 20 seconds.
H. C. f. Willard carried three passengers
on a quarter mile biplane trip at Gar
den City. beating the worlds record
on the number OF passengers,
81. Glenn H. Curtiss made an over water
record by flying 60 miles over Lake
Erie IN l hour Is minutes, an average
Of 46.l miles an hour.
SEPTEMBER
II. 10 balloons started from indianapolis
In hnV rofn ahfu.
Balloon America IL. landed near War
renton, Va, after a flight OF ~ hours.
10 Weymann, an American. and George
Chavez, a Peruvian, attempted to fly
over the Alps. Chavez succeeded. but
was mortally hurt In landing.
@. Walter 8. Brookins broke the cross
country distance record by flying from
Chicago to Springfield 1856 miles, win
ming $4,000 prize.
OCTOBER
/. Aviator Wynmalen made a worlds
record for height by ascending 9,1sS
feet at Mourmelon, France.
Is. Welman's balloon America started on
its oversee flight at Atlantic City.
II. 10 balloons. representing four nations.
started from St Louis in the interna-
tional race for the Bennett cup and
$4,75O In prizes.
The dirigiL@ balloon Clement-Bayard,
carrying people, sailed from Paris to
London In hours.
Is. Wellman abandoned his airship 800
miles off Hatteras after sailing about
$40 miles in 72 hours; farthest eastern
point reached was 40 miles northeast
of Nantucket.
10. Balloon America H., Post and Hawley
aeronauts, landed in the province OF
Quebec, 1855 miles from st. Louis. win
ming the Bennett cup for distance.
q The international aviation meet open
ed at Belmont park, New York.
g. Ralph Johnstone broke the American
aeroplane record for flight by ascend
ing 1903 feet at Belmont park, beating |
j. Armstrong Drexel's record OF 7,106.
n. Ralph Johnstone ascended 1900 feet in
an aeroplane at Belmont park. (The |
worlds record was s,1Ss.)
.. Claude Grahame- White won the speed |
race at Belmont park: time for 621 |
miles, 81 minutes IA seconds.
%. j. B. Moisant won the race from Bel |
mont park to the statue of Liberty |
and return, covering 81 miles in "a |
minutes 3484 seconds.
h. Ralph Johnstone ascended 9,714 feet at |
Belmont park, establishing a worlds
record for altitude.
NOVEMBER
a. Eugene B. Ely in the Curtiss biplane
Hudson Filler flew from the deck of
the United States cruiser Birmingham,
in Hampton Roads. to Willoughby
beach, miles distant
q. Ralph Johnstone the aviator, killed by
the fall of his biplane at Denver; aged
30
8 ]. Armstrong Drexel assembled 9,897
feet in a monoplane at Philadelphia.
breaking the worlds record.
DECEMBER
O. Legagneux, French aviator, scared TO-
Aos feet at Pau. making new worlds
record for altitude
o Capt Bellanger, French army aviator,
broke the worlds speed record by max
ing an average Of over SO miles an hour
In 100 mile flight from VincenneS to