Henderson gold leaf., 1911-12-28
AVIATION

JANUARY.
T. Meet at San Francisco.
L. Eugene b. Ely. Curtiss aviator. few
from the San Francisco avtat Geld
Is miles To the deck OF the United
States cruiser Philadelphia and back
10 the starting point
2 Philip O. ParmaIee with q Wright bi-
plane broke the endurance record BY
remaining aloft hours - minutes -
secoads at the San Francisco meet
MARCH
g. Lieut. Bague of France few over
Mediterranean from Antilles. Is miles
from Nice TO island of Gorgona. or
Italy. rs miles. record to date for over
sea flight
Is First aero war message delivered at
San Antonio. Tex. by Lieut.. Ben. D.
Foulois U. s. A. who hew 81 miles In
IS minutes
q Louis Breguet carried Ii passengers 2
miles In monoplana In France. break
ing record to date.
a Roger Sommer. French biplanist. broke
Breguets ''aerobus" record by carry
ing II passengers
APRIL
L Pierre Prier reached Paris after 80
miles monoplane trip from London
without stop: time rs minutes. then
fastest time between those points.
MAY.
10 Lieut. G. E Il Kelly. United States
signal corps. killed at San Antonio
Tex
L. Speed records with and without a pas
sarCer twice beaten in monoplane
fights at Rheims Henry Weymann.
American. new 20 miles an hour and
Lieut. Fequant French. l0l miles an
hour
l9 Great Britains first naval airship
launched
H- Henri Maurice Berteaux. French min
lister Of war. killed and A E. E. Monis,
premier. hurt when monoplane plunged
into crowd I Issy-Ies- NJ Molneux, France
g. Lieut.. Menard. French aviator. set
mark by flying with passenger 373 miles
in hours Is minutes in France.
26 Pierre Vedrines finished first in the
Paris to Madrid race. winning $4,000 in
prizes.
Is. Capt. Prtncetau, NJ lie Martin and NJ.
Lendron. French aviators. killed and
injured in Paris to London race.
JULY
IL. Harry y. Atwood reached Washing
ton having flown from Boston. 56S
miles. winning a New York Times tro-
ply and establishing long distance
American record
IL. Olleslagers Belgian aviator. made a
worlds record OF an uninterrupted
flight Of 3SS miles at Brussels. Pre-
vious record held by Tabuteau. 362
miles.
q. St. Croix tombstone stayed in air {
hours l minute and a fraction, break
Ing American record to date.
AUGUST.
g. Jules vedrines few 496 miles. breaking
single long distance flight record to
date at Paris.
IL. international meet at Chicago.
10. ". r. Badger Of Pittsburgh and st.
Croix Johnstone Of Chicago killed at
Chicago meet.
Is. Atwood completed l.265 mile aeroplane
trip from St. Louis TO New York. land
ing a. Governors island after Is hours
81 minutes actual flying.
26. NJ Heles. French aviator. broke the
record for single long distance flight
by covering TAG miles in Is hours at
MournelOn, France
SEPTEMBER
g. Alexander Fourny French aviator.
made the record nonstop flight Of 447.3
miles in IL hours at Paris.
g. NJ Helles. French aviator. flew 1855
miles at Etampes in II hours 7 min
utes
30. Cromwell Dixon. American aviator.
flew over the Rocky mountains. start
ing from Helena. Mont. winning a $10,-
600 local prize
OCTOBER
2 Cromwell Dixon. first to fly 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 468 miles
Kansas City to Ladysmith, Wis.
19. H w. Gill made a new endurance rec
ord by remaining in the air hours 16
minutes and 35 seconds at St Louis
Eugene B. Ely. noted airman, killed in
flight at Macon. Ga