The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1910-12-30

plane from New York to Philadelphia
and return, winning $4,000 price, time.
New York to Philadelphia, SO miles.
hour 81 minutes; Philadelphia to New
York. 1 hour 36 minutes.
II. Walter g. Brookins made new worlds
altitude record by ascending 4,S00 feet
at Indianapolis.
22 Count Zeppelin's dirigibie Deutschland
sailed 300 miles from Fricdrichshaven
TO Dusseldorf. carrying II passengers.
a. Zeppelin's airship Deutschland made
an excursion trip. carrying 80 passen-
gers.
O. Clifford B. Harmon broke the Ameri-
can amateur long flight record this
own by remaining In the air hours
3lh minutes at Mineola.
8. Second International aviation meet
opened at Rheims, France. Aviator
Wachter killed by the fall of his ma
chine
0. Walter II. Brookins few 6.275 feet up
In the air at Atlantic City.
70. Capt. C. 8. Rolls. English aviator.
killed at Bournemouth In q Wright bi-
plano.
lS. Radley, an English aviator. broke the
worlds speed flight record by flying q
mile In II 2-5 seconds.
a. C. Il. Willard carried three passengers
on quarter mile biplane trip at Gar
den City. beating the worlds record
on the number of passengers
81. Glenn II, Curtiss made an over water
record by dying 60 miles over Lake
Erie In l hour Is minutes. an average
of 46.i miles an hour.
SEPTEMBER
II. 10 balloons started from indianapolis
in an American championship race
Balloon America IL, landed near War
renton. Va, after flight OF ~ hours
10. Weymann an American. and George
Chavez. Peruvian. attempted to fly
over the Alps Chavez succeeded. but
was mortally hurt In landing,
70. Walter s. Brook!ns broke the cross
country distance record by flying from
Chicago to Springfield. 1856 miles, win
ming $4,000 prize,
OCTOBER
1. Aviator wynmalen made worlds
record for height by ascending 9.lS6
feet at Mourmeon. France
| 10. Wellman's balloon America started on
Its oversee flight at Atlantic City.
| II. 10 balloons. representing four nations.
started from st. Louis In the nterna-
si75O In prizes.
The drig'ble balloon Clement Bayard.
carrying people. sailed from Paris to
London In hours.
| 49, Wellman abandoned his airship 800
miles off Hatteras after sailing about
$40 miles in Y hours; farthest eastern
point reached was 40 miles northeast
of Nantucket.
49, Balloon America H.. Post and Hawley
| aeronauts, landed In the province of
Quebec l,S55 miles from st. Louis. win
ming the Bennett cup for distance
| % Tho International aviation meet open
ed at Belmont park, New York,
25 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,l05.
| "a. Ralph Johnstone assembled 1900 feet In
an aeroplane at Belmont park. (The
worlds record was 9,lSG,)
| %, Claude Grnhame- White won the speed
race at Belmont park; time for 62l
miles, o. minutes IA seconds,
20. J. b. Moisant won the race from Bel
mont park 10 the statue OF Liberty
and return. covering "a miles In .,
minutes 3i.& seconds
81. Ralph Johnstone assembled 9.7i4 feet n,
Belmont park. establishing q worlds
record for altitude.
NOVEMBER
II. Eugene r, Ely In the Curtiss bipans
Hudson Filler flew from the deck OF
the United States cruiser Birmingham
In Hampton Roads. to Willoughby
beach, miles distant
H. Ralph Johnstone. the aviator. killed by
the fail OF his biplane at Denver; aget
SO
o. J, Armstrong Drexei ascended 9ss
feet In monopnne at Philadelphia
breaking the worlds record
nEcEMBER
o. Legagneux. French aviator, scared 10.
40S feet at Pau, making q new world
record for altitude.