Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-12-26
AVIATION

Z. Meet at San Francisco.
u Eugene b. Ely, Curtiss aviator. flew
from the Gan Francisco aviation deld
10 miles to the deck Of the United
etares cruiser Philadelphia and bach
to the starting point.
plane broke the endurance record BY
remaining aloft 8 hours 80 minutes I!
| seconds at the San Francisco meet.
MARCH.
& Lieut. Bague Of France few over
Mediterranean from Antilles. Is miles
from Nice, to island Of Gorgona. of
Italy. LIS miles, record to date for over
sea flight.
t. First aero war message delivered ii
San Antonio. Tex, by Lieut. Ben. D.
Foulois, u. q. A.. who dew 81 miles in
Is minutes
a Louis Bresuet carried II passengers
miles in monoplane in France. break
ing record to date.
n. Roger Sommer. French biplanist. broke
Breguets 'aerobus'' record by carry
ing u passengers.
APRIL.
II Pierre Prier reached Paris after 29s
miles monoplane trip from London
without stop: time 236 minutes. then
fastest time between those points.
MAY.
10 Lieut.. G. e. M. Kelly, United States
signal corps. killed at San Antonio.
Tex.
Is. Speed records with and without pas
senger twice beaten in monoplane
flights at Rheims. Henry Weymann.
American. few 995 miles an hour and
Lieut.. Fequant, French. l0l miles an
hour.
10 Great Britain's first naval airship
launched.
- rI.nr, Novrio> portoouv rronnh min.
lister Of war, killed and A. E. E. Monis,
premier. hurt when monoplane plunged
into crowd at Issy-les- Molineux, France.
a. Lieut.. MenArd. French aviator. set
mark by flyins with passenger SO miles
in . hours Is minutes in France.
g. Pierre Vedrines finished hrst In the
Paris to Madrid race. winning $4,000 in
prizes.
Is. Capt. Princetau, M. Le Martin and N.
Lendron, French aviators. killed and 2
injured in Paris to London race.
JULY.
II. Harry N. Atwood reached Washing
ton, having flown from Boston. 56s
miles, winning a New York Times tro-
ply and establishing q long distance
American record.
H. Olleslagers; Belgian aviator, made q
worlds record Of an uninterrupted
night Of 3sS miles at Brussels. Pre-
vious record held by Tabuteau, So
miles.
q. St Croix tombstone stayed in air
hours minute and q fraction. break
ing American record to date.
AUGUST.
q Jules vedrines flew 1876 miles, breaking
single long distance flight record to
date, at Paris.
H. International meet at Chicago.
IL. w. r. Badger of Pittsburgh and St
Croix tombstone Of Chicago killed at
Chicago meet
3. Atwood completed l.265 mile aeroplane
trip from St. Louis to New York. land
ing at Governors island after q hours
81 minutes actual flying.
Is M. Helles. French aviator, broke the
record for single long distance flight
by covering 746 miles In Is hours At
Mourmelon. France.
SEPTEMBER.
l. Alexander Fourny. French aviator.
made the record nonstop flight Of 4+7.3
miles in II hours at Paris.
& NJ. Helles, French aviator. few 76.s6
miles at Etampes in II hours min
utes.
o. Cromwell Dixon. American aviator.
flew over the Rocky mountains. start
ing from Helena, Mont. winning . N0.-
600 local prize
OCTOBER.
Cromwell Dixon, FIRST to fly over the
Rockies. killed In flight At Spokane
Wash.
I. Lieut. Hans Gericke. plotting the Ger
man balloon Berlin H.. won the Ben
nett trophy by covering 4es miles
Kansas City to Ladysmith, Wis.
Is. H. w. Gill made new endurance rec
ord by remaining in the air hours l6
minutes and IS seconds At st. Louis.
Eugene B. Ely. noted airman, killed in
flight at Macon. Ga.
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