Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-01-04
AVIATION
JANUARY.

JANUARY.
4 Meet at San Francisco.
Is Eugene B. Ely, Curtiss aviator. flew
from the San Francisco aviation field
Is miles 10 the deck of the United
States cruiser Philadelphia and back
to the starting point
p Philip o. Parmalee with a Wright BIZ
plane broke the endurance record by
remaining aIoft 8 hours SO minutes 49
seconds at the San Francisco meet
MARCH
8 Lieut.. Bague of France few over
Mediterranean from Antilles, Is miles
from Nice. to island Of Gorgona, off
Italy, E5 miles, record to date for over
sea flight
IS First aero war message delivered at
San Antonio, Tex. by Lieut. Ben. d
FouIois, L. s A. who Jew 81 miles in
IS minutes
q Louis Breguet carried Il passengt rs 2
miles in monoplane in France break
ing record to date
a. Roger Sommer. French biplanist broke
Breguet's 'aerobus'' record by carry
ing z passengers
APRIL
T. Pierre Prier reached Paris after 900
miles monoplane trip from London
without stop: time 236 minutes. then
fastest time between those points
IA
10. Lieut.. G. E M Kelly United States
signal corps, killed al San Antonio.
Tex.
Is. Speed records with and without pas
senger twice beaten in monoplane
flights at Rheims. Henry Weymann.
American. few 99.5 miles an hour and
Lieut. Fequant, French, 101 miles an
hour.
10. Great Britain's first naval" airship
launched.
z. Henri Maurice Berteaux. French min
lister of war killed and f. F. E Monis.
premier, hurt when monoplane plunged
into crowd at Issy-les- Molineux, France.
.. Lieut.. Menard, French aviator, set
mark by flying with passenger 1913 miles
in hours 10 minutes in France.
&c. Pierre Vedrines finished first in the
Paris to Madrid race. winning $4,000 in
prizes.
Is. Capt Princetau. M LIE Martin and NJ.
Lendron, French aviators, killed and
injured in Paris TO London race.
JULY
IL. Harry N. Atwood reached Washing
ton, having flown from Boston. 56S
miles winning q New York Times tro-
ply and establishing a long distance
American record.
II. Oleslagers. Belgian aviator. made a
worlds record of an uninterrupted
flight of SSS miles at Brussels Pre-
vious record held by Tabuteau, 362
miles.
q. st. Croix tombstone stayed in air 4
hours l minute and a fraction, break
ing American record to date.
AUGUST.
g. Jules Vedrines flew 1876 miles, breaking
single long distance flight record to
date. at Paris.
70 TDtprDa r17aat at Chico
Is. w. r. Badger of Pittsburgh and st.
Croix tombstone of Chicago killed at
Chicago meet.
%. Atwood completed /, 265 mile aeropIane
trip from ST. Louis to New York, land
ing at Governors island after Is hours
81 minutes actual flying
e. M. HelIes. French aviator, broke the
record for a single long distance fight
by covering 746 miles in Is hours at
MourmeIon, France.
SEPTEMBER
s. Alexander Fourny, French aviator
made the record nonstop flight Of 447.3
miles in II hours at Paris
g. NJ. Helles, French aviator, flew 1866
miles at Etampes in IA hours { min
utes
3d. Cromwell Dixon, American aviator,
flew over the Rocky mountains start
ing from Helena, Mont, winning a $1O,-
900 local prize
OCTOBER.
2. Cromwell Dixon, first to fly over the !
Rockies, killed in flight at Spokane. |
Wash
7. Lieut.. Hans Gericke, plotting the Ger
man balloon Berlin IL, won the Ben
nett trophy by covering ass miles
Kansas City to Ladysmith Wis.
l9. II. w Gill made new endurance rec
ord by remaining in the air hours Is |
minutes and So seconds at st. Louis
Eugene B. Ely, noted airman, killed in |
flight at Macon, Ga.
NOVEMBER.