The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1912-01-06
AVIATION

/ - NV NJ san EranCfRCO.
u eugene Ely. Curtiss aviator. new
from The san Francisco aviation Geld
miles Tn the deck OF the United
States cruiser PhiIadsIuhta ana naek
70 the starting point
z Philip .. ParmaIee with q Wright hi
plane broke the endurance record nv
remaining aIofI hours ~ minutes g
seconds At the San Francisco meet
HARrH
Lieut. Bague OF France new ovSr
Mediterranean from AntIbes "a miles
from Nice. to island OF Gorgona, on
Nay. 70 miles. record 10 date FOR over
sea flight
i6 First aero war message delivered ar
san Antonio. Tex. by Lieut. Ben. ID
Foulots. U. g. A. who few 81 miles IN
q minutes
y Louis BreEuet carried II passengers I
miles In monoplane IN France. break
ing record To date
- Roger Sommer. French bIpIanist, broke
Breguet's 'aerobus record py carry
ing u passengers.
APRrL.
u Pierre Prier reached Paris after 80
miles monoplane trip from LONDON
without stop: time D minutes then
tastest time between those points
MAI
10 Lieut.. G E. N Kelly. United States
signal corps. killed al san Antonio,
Tex
u. Speed records with and without a pas
senger twice beaten I'm monoplans
nights al Rheims Henry Weymann
American. firW SOS miles an hour and
Lieut.. Feuuant. French. Iol miles an
IS Great Rritstns first naval airship
lsLurhrd
iI-mrI Maurice Berieaux. French min
isI'I 81 Nal. KILLED aad A r Mcnia
If-inl'r mart wh"n monopisne plunged
int"''"" q 80 iS~v les MoiineuX. France
i.f"uI '.-udIG French aviator. set
n.h'k 80 nNlu- WIth passenger go miles
"a % h"'r> T. minutes IN France
% PI-rr- N-,.rIn-S finished first IN the
far's 4" Mi'ir.i rs,e. WHINING S5lOOO In
prIz->
Is. Capt P'IuceIsu. 81 lie Martin and NJ.
Lendr"n rrnch ayiators killed and
inJur'-'i ~ iIris To- London race.
JULT
n Harry y Atwood reached Washing
ton. having flown from Boston. SIS
miles. winning a New York Times tro-
ply and establishing a long distance
American record
II. Olleslagers Belgian aviator. made a
worlds record OF an uninterrupted
flight OF IN miles al Brussels Pre-
vious record held by Tabuteau. 30
miles
q. St Croix tombstone stayed in air 4
hours ] 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 tombstone OF Chicago killed at
Chicago meet
= Atwood completed LIS mile aeroplane
trip from 81. Louis 10 New York. land
ing AT Governors island after y hours
q minutes actual flying.
- N Helles French aviator broke the
record tOr n single long distance Eight
by covering 746 miles In IS hours at
Aourmelon. France
SEPTEMBER
z Alexander Fourny. French aviator.
snade the record nonstop hight OF S{73 |
miles In u hours Al Paris
Z n Heiles. French aviator. new T76ss |
miles At Etsmpes In hours I min I
utes
-. Cromwell Dixon American aviator, |
new over the Rocky mountains. start |
ing from Helena. Mont. winning q no. |
900 local prize
& Cromwell Dixon. FIRST TO ny over the 1
Rockies. killed In night Al Spokane. |
Wash
Lieut. Hans Gericke. plotting the Ger /
man balloon Berlin H.. won the Ben |
nett trophy by covering 90 miles /
Kansas City 10 LAdysmith. ws.
n n " GIN made a new endurance rec |
ord by remaining IN the afr noun rs /
minutes and s. seconds at ST Louis.
Eugene Il Ely noted airman. killed tn /
night AT Macon Ca
NOVEMBER