The broad ax., 1911-12-30
AVIATION


Z Aest at San Francisco.
n Eugene B ely. Curtiss aviator. osw
from the San Francisco aviation 6eld
y miles 10 the deck OF the United
States cruiser Philadelphia and back
TO the starting point
n Philip o. ParmaIee with q Wright b.
plane broke the endurance record oy
remaining aIoft . hours - minutes q
seconds at the San Francisco meet
MARCH
& Lieut. Bague OF France dew over
Mediterranean from Antilles. Is miles
from Nice. to island OF Gorgona. on
Italy. I5 miles. record TO date Tor over
sea hight
Il First aero war message delivered az
San Antonio. Tex. By Lieut. Ben d.
FouIois. U. q A. who nsu So miles In
g minuteA
= Louis Breguet carried II passenger Z
miles In monoplans In France. break
ing record TO data
- Roger sommer. French biplanist. broke
Breguet's "'aerobus'' record by carry
ing u passengers
II Pierre Prier reached Paris after 20
miles monoplane trip from London
without stop: time Z5s minutes. then
fastest time between those pointA
NAY.
u Lieut. q E NJ Kelly. United States
signal corps. killed AZ San Antonio.
Tex
II Speed records with and without q pas
senger twice beaten In monoplans
flights At Rheims Henry weymann.
American. flew SOS miles an hour and
Lieut. FsQuant. French. loi miles an
hour.
Il Great Britain's nrst naval aIrship
launched.
q. Henri Maurice Berteaux. French min
lister OF war. killed aad A. E E MonIs.
premier. hurt when monoplane plunged
into crowd 81 lssy-leS- Molineux. France
. Lieut. Msnard. French aviator. set
mark by fyIng with passenger g73 miles
In hours u minutr~ IN France
- Pierre Nedrines finished first In the
Paris to Madrid race. WInnins S50.Us' ~
prizes
n Capt PrincaIau NJ - Martin and VI
LendrOn. FfrI.rh avIaIurs KIIi+i I7n
injured ~ I'IrIs Q" I.pI.'i'n Ia'"
JTIT
n Harry - AIWBEi rearhed Wash nS-
ton. having nnWn from B.ISInn -
miles. winning 4. New YORK rim-s Iro
ply and establishing uug dIsIanrr
American Te.1ud
II. Olleslagrrs. I:eISIan aviator. made a
worlds record OF AN uninterrupted
flight OF SA miles AT Brussela Pre-
vious record held by Tabuteau. -
miles
q. St CroIx tombstone stayed In air Z
hours I minute and q fraction. break
ing American record to date
AUGUST.
q Jules vedrines few as miles. breaking
single long distance flight record to
date. At Paris
Il International meet at Chicago.
Il w. r. Badger Of Pittsburgh and 81
croix Johnstone Of Chicago killed at
Chicago meet
= Atwood completed LIS mile aeroplans
trip from St Louis to New York. land
ing at Governors island after - hours
q minutes actual flying
- n Helles. French aviator. broke the
record for a single long distance flight
By covering 74s miles In Is hours at
Aourmelon, France
SEPTEMBER
Z Alexander Fourny. French aviator,
made the record nonstop hight Of MA
miles In II hours At Paris
Z n Helles. French aviator. new 6ess
miles At Etampes In IL hours min
utes
y Cromwell Dixon. American aviator.
new over the Rocky mountains. start
ing from Helena. Mont. winning . no
900 local prize
OCTOBER
& Cromwell Dixon. nrst to fy over the
Rockies. killed In flight At Spokane.
Wash
2 Lieut. Hans Gericke. plotting the Ger
man balloon Berlin IL. won the Ben
nett trophy BY covering 60 miles
Kansas City to Ladysmith. Wis
u n ". GIL made q new endurance rec
ord by remaining In the air 4 hours Is
minutes and IS seconds st ST. LouiaL
Eugene B Ely. noted airman, killed In
Eight At Macon. Ga
NOVEMBER