The Coconino sun., 1919-07-04
CHRONOLOGY OF CONQUEST OF THE AIR

19O9-Captain Speltern Italian officer, explored the Alps in neighborhood of Mount Blanc. Latham, in trial miles over the Channel, fell into the sea miles from shore. Beriot crossed the, Channel from Calais to Dover in 37 minutes. Glenn H Curtiss the James Gordon Bennett Cup in an international speed race at Rheims. Attained a . speed of 43 miles per hour in Curtiss machine Seven aeropanes were in the air. Wilbur Wright flew around the Statue of Liberty in New York harbor. Henry Farman broke the worlds record for distance, covering 145 miles in hours, IS mn- utes and 53 seconds. Paulham broke the worlds record for altitude attaining height of 97O feet 1910-Latham the worlds record for altitude climb ing 3,2S1 feet in flight of AZ minutes 11a sec onds. Paulham surpassed Latham by climbing 4,l63 feet Demonstrated bombing from aero plane. Sommer established the worlds record in flight with three passengers, covering 4.3 miles Curtiss made Albany Governors Island flight of 1854 miles in hours and 82 minutes It was the first flight in which river used guide in aerial highway. Latham surpassed Paulham in altitude flight attaining 4,541 feet at Rheims Curtiss leaving Atlantic City, flew over sea for a distance of 49.6 miles in hour and 15 minutes at height of 1,600 feet. McCurdy received and sent wireless messages from an aeropane at Sheepshead Bay. Drexel at Lanark, raised the worlds record for altitude to 6,604 feet. Leblanc flew one mile in 53 seconds, breaking speed record Legagneaux set altitude record for the year at 19171 feet at Paul. Labuteau set distance record for the year of 362 miles at Buc.
 1911-Curtss successfully from the water making sustained and controlled flight after experiments extending over several years. Eugene Ely alght- ed on and flew from the deck of battleship at San Francisco. McCurdy flew from Key West to snOfe OH haVana a distance or S9 miles, m two hours. Lincoln Beachey flew over Niagara Falls and through the Gorge c. T. Weyman flew a Nieuport monopane at so miles an hour. Prer flew from London to Paris, 290 miles, without a stop.
 1912-Fower flew across the continent from Jackson vile, Fla, to San Francisco, 2,232 miles, making the first transcontnental flight. Lieut.. Andreadi flew from Sebastopo to Odessa and Petrograd covering 1860 miles in 27 days. Lieut.. Lybousky flew from Sebastopol direct to Petrograd dis tance of 1,612 miles, in 30 days Garros set alti- tude record for year of 18 4S0 feet at Tuns. Jules Vedrines won the James Gordon Bennett Cup, fly ing 160-horsepower monoplane at 105 miles per hour.
 19l3-Bielovucio, flying Hanriot, crossed the Alps Perreyon set altitude record for year of 19,27O feet. Provost established speed record of 12659 miles per hour. Robt Fowler flew across Isthmus of Panama. Brindejonc flew from Paris to War saw, stopping at Berlin, distance of 933 miles in II hours Verplank and Haven made an all water trip from Chicago to Detroit, following the goud made the first voluntary loop-the-loop, in a Blerot monoplane. Sowith produced the first small, hgh-speed biplane of the "scout" class with speed of 92 miles per hour. 1914-Trias of the America" Curtiss flying boat built to fly across the Atlantic. 1916Curtiss trplane flying boat made successful trial flights in England.
 19191S-Aviaton developed to its highest degree with many new commercial and battle models produced 191S-American NC seapanes make successful cross ocean flight
 Harry Hawker makes unsuccessful attempt to fly from Newfoundland to England, he and St. Grieve nearly losing their lives
 Capt. John Alcock and Lieut. Arthur Brown frs, to make a nonstop flight across the Atlantic, fly. ing from Newfoundland to Ireland, more than 1900 miles, in 16 hours and 12 minutes.