Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1912-01-05
AVIATION

H
IA Eugene Is Ely, Curtiss aviator few
from the San Francisco aviation field
i3 miles 10 the deck OF the United
States cruiser Philadelphia and back
20 the starring point
= Philip o PaHmalee with a Wright b.
plane broke the endurance record by
remaining aloft 3 hours % minutes %
seconds az the San Francisco meet
MARCH
g. Lieut. Bague Of France few over
Mediterranean from Antilles. 10 miles
from Nice. 10 island Of Gorgona. on
Italy. i8 miles record 10 date Tor over
sea flight
ie First aero war message delivered at
San Antonio. Tex. by Lieut. Ben. ID
Foulos, U. s. A. who new So miles IN
A. minutes
a. Louis Breguet carried II passengers
miles In monoplane In France. break
Ing record 20 date
y. Roger sOmmer. French blplanist, broke
Breguets "aerobus" record by carry
Ing Y passengers.
APRIL.
II Pierre Prier reached Paris after 30
miles monoplane trip from London
without stop time 235 minutes. then
fastest time between those points
NAY.
10 Lieut. @ T. u Kelly. United States
signal corps. killed at San Antonio.
Tex
Is. Speed records with and without pas
senger twice beaten In monoplane
flights al Rheims Henry Weymann.
American. flew s95 miles an hour ard
Lieut.. Fequant, French. l0l miles an
hour
10 Great Britain's first naval" airship
launched
a. Henri Maurice Berteaux. French min
lister OF war, killed and A. T. h Monis,
premier, hurt when monoplane plunged
into crowd at Issy- les Molineux, France
d. Lieut.. Menard French aviator, set
mark by flying with passenger s13 miles
In hours ID minutes In France.
B. Pierre Vedrines finished first In the
Paris to Madrid race. winning 10000 In
prizes
is, Capt Prlncetau. NJ. Le Martin and NJ
Lendron, French aviators. killed and
injured In Paris 10 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 a long distance
American record
II. Olleslagers. Belgian aviator, made a
worlds record OF an uninterrupted
Night OF 3ss miles at Brussels Pre-
vious record held by Tabuteau, 362
miles
n. Bt Croix Johnstone stayed In air
hours l minute and a fraction, break
ing American record to date.
AUGUST.
o Jules Vedrines flew 400 miles, breaking
single long distance flight record to
date, at Paris
n international meet at Chicago
H. W X, Badger Of Pittsburgh and St
Crolx Johnstone OF Chicago killed at
Chicago meet
=. Atwood completed ,265 mile aeroplane
trip from ~. Louis TO New York, land
Ing AT Governors island after q hours
a minutes actual flying.
q NJ. Helles. French aviator, broke the
record for n single long distance flight
by covering 1i6 miles In Is hours at
Mourmelon. France
SEPTEMBER
q Alexander Fourny. French aviator.
made the record nonstop flight OF A7.3
miles In II hours at Paris
. M. Helles. French aviator. few 776s6
miles at Etampes In II hours I min
utes
%. Cromwell Dixon. American aviator,
few over the Rocky mountains, start
ing from Helena, Mont. winning a 3l0.-
900 local prize
OCTOBER.
4 Cromwell Dixon. FIRST 10 ny over the
Rockies, killed in night at Spokane,
Wash.
7, Lieut. Hans Gerlcke plotting the Ger
man balloon Berlin H.. won the Ben
nett trophy by covering .6s miles
Kansas City TO Ladysmith, Wis.
10 III. w, Gill made a new endurance rec
ord by remaining In the air hours is
minutes and Is seconds AZ st. Louis.
Eugene II. Ely, noted airman. killed IN
Night n; Macon. Ga.