New-York tribune., 1919-12-21

tenant b. W. Maynard. test pilot at
american assembly plant. Ramorantin.
rance, loops Sl8 times In British Sop
with Camel without losing altitude.
reorury 1S-British non-rigid air
snip N, S. IL patrols North Sea for
four days. four hours and fifty min
utes with crew Of ten.
feoruary 1S-London-P Paris fight.
Airco Dh-4 airplane flies from London
TO far's in ono hour and fifty minutes.
Feeruary 1s.-Lieutenant Z. f. Har-
mon. plotting Lepere birlane, 400
horsepower Liberty engine. flies from
Mineoia. L. l., to Washington in eigh-
ty-fve minutes.
February 2l-American speed record
-Ihomas-M Morse scout, equipped with
400 horsepower Hispano-Suixa motor.
attAins speed Of 162 ga miles an hour
at Ithaca.
March French air mail service es-
tsblished between Paris, Bordeaux and
Marseilles,
March 2-Italian air mail service c.
tablished between Padua, Italy, and
Vienna, Austria, 30A miles.
March s:-First Canada-U. S. air
mail. W. E. BoeinR in a Boeinr sea-
plane hies from Vancouver, B. c.. to
Seattle. 200 miles, under authorization
OF Canadian and United States post
Offices
Radio Telephone Used
March 2o.-Secretary Of Navy Dan
iels talks by radio telephone to pilot
in seaplane flying $50 miles distant.
March 22.-Three DH-4 airplanes
piloted by army fyers, cross Sierra
Nevada Mountains at altitude of $4,000
heet, flying from Mather Field, Sacra-
mento, Calf, to Carson City, New, in IS
minutes, as compared with average
train time of 9h hours.
April 4.-Lieutenant Cortinez, Chill
can army, crosses Andes Mountains at
an altitude of 19,S00 feet with British
Bristol monoplane.
Apri! l6.-Major T. c. Macauley in
DH-4 biplane arrives at Southern Field,
Americus, Ga, from San Diego, Calf,
distance OF 2,400 miles in 19 hours fly,
ing time. completing round-trip cross
continent fight in A. hours and Is
minutes flying time
April 1s.-Captsin E. F. White in
Dh-4 makes first nonstop fight be-
tween Chicago and New York, main
tanning an average speed of 100 miles
an hour for the 727 miles.
New Duration Record
April 26-World duration record.
U. s. naval F-6-L flying boat remaining
in air 90 hours and 10 minutes with
crew of four; 1880 nautical miles COW
cred.
April 26-Final speed tests on Cur
tiss Wasp (triplane) at Garden City
show 1904 to 1852 miles per hour with
full military load.
May 5-French machine climbs to
altitude Of 1880 meters with twenty
four passengers.
May S-Depa rture of NC-1, NC-3 and
NC-4 from Rockaway Beach, L. l.. on
first leg of transatlantic flight.
May 14-U. S. Navy dirigible C-5
makes record flight Of 1,115 miles from
Montauk Point, L. l., to St. Johns.
N. F., in 25 hours and 40 minutes on
first leg of Transatlantic fight. Severe
storm after landing tears dirigible from
its mooriDgs and carries it out to sea.
where it is lost.
May 15-U. S. air mail service estab-
lished between Chicago and Cleveland.
May 16-Harry G. Hawker and Lieu
tenant Commander Kenneth Mackenzie
Grleve attempt transatlantic flight in
Sopwith biplane equipped with 375-
horsepower Rolls-Royce motor. Motor
trouble develops 1900 miles out from
Newfoundland. Machine forced down
near passing steamer. Pilot and OBJ
server rescued.
May 19-Threc-engined Caproni, with
crew of eight, makes nonstop fight
from Turin, Italy, to London, England,
600 miles.
May 2s-Army dirigible "A, piioted