Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1910-12-28
MAY.

plane from New York to Philadelphia
and return. winning $4,000 prize; time.
New York 10 Philadelphia. Sc miles.
hour OIL minutes: Philadelphia to New
York, l hour 80 minutes.
H. Walter s. Brookins made new worlds
altitude record by ascending 4.Soo feet
at Indianapolis.
e Count Zeppelin's dirigible Deutschland
sailed 800 miles from Friedrichshaven
20 Dusseldorf. carrying II passengers.
Il Zeppelin's airship Deutschland made
an excursion trip. carrying IS passen-
gers.
g. Clifford b. Harmon broke the Amert-
can amateur Ions night record (his
own by remaining in the air hours
31n minutes at Minesla-
. Second international aviation meet
opened At Rheims. France. Aviator
Wachter killed by the fall Of his ma
chine.
a Walter r. Brookins few sZ7s feet up
In the air at Atlantic City.
y. Capt c. 6. Rolls. Englian aviator,
killed at Bournemsuth in Wright ei-
plane.
Is Radley. an English aviator broke the
worlds speed eight record By nying .
mile In a. rs seconds.
"a c. F. Willard carried three passengers
on a quarter mile biplanc trip ut Gar
den Cny. beating the worlds record
on the number OF passengers
81 Glenn II. Curtiss made an over water
record BY flying 60 miles over Lake
Erie IN / hour IS minutes. an average
or 46-l miles an hour.
SEPTEMBER
IL. u balloons started from Indiana polls
In an American championship race
Balloon America II. landed near War
renton. Va. after q fiiEht OF ~ hoHrA
Is Weymann an American. and George
Chavez. a Peruvian. attempted tn fly
over the Alps. Chavez succeeded. but
was mortaily hurt IN landing.
=. Walter s. Brookins broke the cross
country distance record by fiyinG from
Chicago TO Springfield. lss milee. win
ming a $1,000 prize.
OCTOBER
!. Aviator Wynmalen made world,
record for height by ascending 9. is
feet at Mourmelon. France
u WellmanS balloon America started or
its oversee night at Atlantic City.
II. IL balloons. representing four nations
started from ST. Louis in the nterna
tiOnai race Tor the Bennett cup an<
81 40 in prizes.
Thv dirigble balloon Ciement-Bayard
carrying people sailed from Paris e
London IN = ho-rs.
vs. TellInsn abandoned his airship sc
miles of ia.teras after sailing abou
$40 miles IN - hours; farthest easter
point reacreH wa 40 miles northeas
Of Nantucket.
IS Balloon America H.. Post and Hawie
aeronauts landed In the province u
Quebec ks miles from 81 Louie win
ming the iicnn+u cGp fo- distance.
- The lntsrnatiOna. sViS zion meet open
81 at Belmont park. New York
IS. Ralph tombstone broke the America
ae-oplane RECORD for flight by ascend
in,; : .3c3 feet at Belmont PARK. beatin
J. armstrong DreXcrs record OF 1l0S
q. Ralph Johnston assembled 800 feet
an aerrplane at Bemsnt park. CTi
worlds record was 9ls5l
- Claude Grajiame- White Won the spec
race H; 'ei0Ont PARK: time for g.
miles II minutes "a seconds.
p, J r. No.sant Won. the race from BE
mon; Park To- ;he, statue Of Libcr-
and return covering 81 miles in
minutes 2!et seconds
y. Ralph tombstone assembled 9.Tl4 feet
8rirOnt park establishing a world
record for altitude.
NOVEMBER
"a Eugene u Ely In the Curtiss bipla
Hudson Filler Rew from the deck
the Eni,rd States cruiser Birmingham
IN Hampton Roads To willoughl
beach. miles distant.
H. Ralph tombstone. the aviator killed
the fall OF his b!piane at Denver: ar
u J. Armstrong Drexel assembled 81
feet IN a monopiane at Phnadelph
breaking the world's record.
DECEMBER
D. LsgAsneu1. French aviator. SCARED I
80 feet st Pau. making a new work.
record for altitude.
10. Capt Belianger French army await
broke the worlds speed record BY mi
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