The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-12-30
THE YEAR IN AVIATION


sttsIns speed Of is2 rs miles An rot
at ithaca. ". r. Recorded rs wit
messed and offician yrccosnixed ny Di-
rector of military aeronautics.
March i-i5--First annual aeronAu-
tea exposition OF manufacturers air.
craft association In New York city.
March french air ma service
established between Paris, Bordeaux
and ars lies.
March italian air mai service
established betac con Padua, Italy and
Vienna. Austria. 3o4 miles.
March First Canada l.. s. air
maiI--W. r. Boenig. In = Boenig sea-
piano, flies from Vancouver. British
Columbia to Seattle. 200 miles. under
authorization of CANADIAN and United
States post afAccs,
, a'a-eh 2~6-~Sncretarv of Navy Dan
iels talks by radio telephone to pilot
in seaplane flying $50 miles distant
March 22-Three DH-4 ~airplones.
ipiloted by army tiiers. cross Sierra
Nevada mountains ~ altitude of t46of
feet. flying from Mather field. Sarra-
mcnto. Cal, to Carson City. Nevada.
IN 81 minutes. az compared with av-
eragc train time &C . Ia houxs
April 4-Lleutensrt Cortine2. Chill
con army, crosst8 Andes mountains 1T
81 ~ q w l''kk = ; ~
Bristol monoplane.
April 1s--Mat0r T. e Macaulcy. in
DIf-4 bipiape. arrives at Southrr field.
ArnCricus, Ga. from San Diego. Cal.
distanSr of 2,to0 miles. in ~ hnufs'
flying time. cop1plctins round trip
cross-contincnt fight in IL hours and
Is minutes flying time.
April 1S-Cartain E. +. White, IN
DH-4, makes first nonstop light he
,v+n,,, CIEN, tr.. a1s ND,. Ntrk roafr,-
tanning an average speed of loo miles
an hour for the ~ Tmiies
F ADrii 2G--TForld duration record
U. s. naval FIJI flying boat remains
in cir 20 hours and 10 minutes with
crew OF four. 1880 nautical miles
covered.
April 26-~Final speed tests on Cur
tiss Wasp ttriplane) at Garden CITY
show 1904 to l62 miles per III with
fun military load
: May French machine climbs 10
altitude OF 1850 meters with twenty-
four passengers.
May S-peparture OF EC-1, kC-3.
and NC-4 from RockaWay beach. L l.,
on first leg of transatlantic flight.
May s-Martin Bomber" flies $50
miles in I hours and So minutes, COM
pieting round-trip flight from Macon,
Ga. to Washington. ID. G.
MAY ~. =. navy "a iGipAF w
? Goodyear )ruakes recort fight OF
Lis miles from Mortsuk Point. l. l..
TO st. Johns. Newfoundland. in Is
hours and 10 minutes on first leg NJ
transatlantic flight. Severe storm at
tier lanling tears dIriyible from its
mornings and carries it out TO sea.
where it Ii lost,
MAY r5--r. s air mail service esq
tablished between Chicago ms Cieve-
land.
May is--Harry G.. fIawker and
Lieutenant~Comn,D nder Kenneth Mac
kenzic Grieve attempt t~ransatlantic
hi~ht in Sopwith bipIane equipped
with 3T5 IT. =. rolls Royce motor
Motor trouble develops l,2oo miles GU,
from Newfoundland. Machine forced
down ear ne = g steamer. Pilot and
observer resca-tt
May I9-Throa-engined Caprcni
with crew Of eight, makes NONSTOP
flight from Turin, Italy. 10 London
England, 600 miles.
May 23-Army dirigihle A Good
yearl. plotted by James Shade, lanGs
on roof Of Cleveland hotel, as planned
May 27-First transatlantic fight
T.. s navy NC-f NAVY -Curtiss} fiytnG
noat completes transatlantic flight. ar
irving at Lisbon. Portugal.
dun TOR ga MIA ton Of he first
f hiI btAfit ioEtSt NEF ldNEpi tStf ,}thE~
land national forest, California. Cur
tiss j. Nib army planes used unit
longer range required substitution o
lAmerican-built DH-4 battle planes
Army air service pilots detached Il
bureau of foresty through department
Of agriculture.
June baroness de la Roche, II
France, ascends 1850 feet III sin gle
nlotored G3-Caudron. breaking world
H. g+.Ll 4aa- g.,
June l4-First nonstop transatlan
tic ficht-Captaiu John Alcock. pilot
and Lieutenant Arthur Written Brown
Navigator, complete first %non-stoI
hight across Atlantic ocean in /!
hours ard 81 minutes.
July 6-First transatlantic dirigiolt
fight-British super-Girigihle R-2'
lands at Roosevelt Fl Id, l. L., ON
plotting first leg of its successful round
"trip Night from England to America
July 2s-Novvember 3 "Roune tbs
Rim" ht--Ideutsnant-Colonel r, L
Hartz and Lieutenant r.. Il, Harmon
In a Martin Bomber start from
Boiling Field. Washington. y. G
i Comprise circuit OF United States, GOV
erinE $3.50 miles.
Jnly 31--New American attitude
Northumberland Rohifs. Ia Curtis
Wasp ttriplane). asceuds SO. 40, feet
August 2-Glides thirty-nve "a lies
TEX" Marshall. in Thomas Aors'
plane. makes record from altitude u
II, 600 feet when he giides thirty~nv.
OF $1,000 feet.
August l. Paris to Moroccn--F'ar
man Goliath. carrying ten passenger
makes l,1ls miles in 1s hours. y
minutes.
t"oust t4-First roail delivered b