Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1912-01-03

T. Meet Mt San Francisco.
L. Il Ely. Curtiss aviator, few
I. ne San Francisco aviation field
Is .i.,s TO the deck OF the United
States cruiser Philadelphia and back
TO the starting point
q Philip o. Parmalee with a Wright BIZ
plane broke the endurance record by
remaining aloft hours 80 minutes -
seconds at the San Francisco meet.
MARCH
.. Lieut. Bague OF France new over
Mediterranean from Antilles. Is miles
from Nice. to island OF Gorgona or
Italy. LIS miles. record to date for over
sea flight
10 First aero war message delivered at
San Antonio. Tex. by Lieut.. Ben D.
rouiois. U. s. A. who Few 81 miles In
Is minutes.
~ Louis Breguet carried II passengers 3
miles in monoplane In France, break
ing record to date.
"a Roger Sommer. French biplanist broke
Breguets "aerobus'' record by carry
ing Il passengers
April.
Il Pierre Prier reached Paris after 800
miles monopiane trip from London
without stop: time 236 minutes. then
fastest time between those points
MAY.
10 Lieut. q E M Kelly. United State,
Tex
ID Speed records with and without N pa,-
senger twice beaten In mononlane
nights at Rheims Henry Weymaun
American. few sos miles an hour and
Lieut. FeQuant. French. l0l miles an
hour.
IL Great Britain's first naval. air,hin
launched
Il Henri Maurice Berteaux. French min
lister or war. killed AID A r K Monis
premier. hurt when monopIane plunged
INTO crowd at lssy-les- Molineux France
% Lieut. Menard. French aviator, set
mark by flying with passenger s73 miles
in hours Is minutes in France
% Pierre Vedrines finished first In tho
Paris to Madrid race. winning $4,000 in
prizes.
H. Capt Princetau. M lie Martin and M.
Lendron. French aviators. killed and
injured in Paris to London race.
JULY
H. Harry N. Atwood reached Washing
ton. having fiown from Boston 56s
miles. winning New York Times tro-
ply and establishing a long distance
American record
H. Olleslagers. Belgian aviator. made a
worlds record of an uninterrupted
flight OF 3S miles at Brussels. Pre-
vious record held by Tabuteau, s62
miles
q. St Crolx Johnstono stayed in air 4
hours 1 minute and fraction. break
Ing American record to date.
AUGUST
g. Jules Vedrines flew 496 miles, breaking
single long distance flight record 70
date. at Paris.
Il International meet at Chicago
Is. w. r. Badger of Pittsburgh and "
Croix tombstone OF Chicago killed at
Chicago meet
Is. Atwood completed .255 mile aeronlona
trip from ST. Louis to New York. land
Ing at Governors isla nd after Is hours
il minutes actual flying.
Is. NJ. Helles. French aviator. broke the
record t"i n single long distance flight
by covering 7i6 miles in Is hours at
Mourmeion. France.
SEPTEMBER
J. Alexander Fourny. French aviator.
made the record nonstop flight OF 44i3
miles i'm II hours at Paris
NJ. Helles. French aviator. few 776s6
miles at Etampes In IA hours Z min
utes
30. Cromwell Dixon. American aviator.
flew over the Rocky mountains, start
ing from Helena. Mont. winning n $40
900 local prize
OCTOBER
Cromwell Dixon. first to fly over the
Rockies. killed In flight at Spokane.
Wash
T. Lieut. Hans Gericke, plotting the Ger
man balloon Berlin H. won the Rem
nett trophy by covering 46s miles
Kansas City TO Ladysmith. Wis.
IL. II. w. Gill made a new endurance rec
ord by remaining in the air hours l6
minutes and 50 seconds at st. Louis
Eugene B. Ely. noted airman, killed IN
flight at Macon. Ca
NOVEMBER.
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ftary aviator. x5t-~<S1s,Ss3
dropped gre %*.e<4 fi$HE
nades upon X$2t
Turkish camp M&
at Tripoli. xS$&y .r.
first expert x.sS<
ment in real ~ 1872
aerial war ~
fare. 4S<f1tfSF
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