Evening star., 1931-12-27
AEAooOApIEeS N TRENTON

was inaugurated Capt Frank M
Hawks went to Europe to begin the
establishment of a sensational series
OF speed records and to promote Ameri-
can aircraft. Attempts to cripple the
U. S. s. Akron by sabotage were un-
covered and blocked.
April-Harold F. Pitcairn was
awarded the Collier Trophy for con-
tributions Of his autogiro to the pro-
motion of aviation. Amelia Earhart
Putnam established an autogiro alti-
tuda record. Miss Eleanor Smith set
a new women's altitude record at New
York, while Miss Ruth Nichols, at De-
troit, set two new women's speed rec
ords Lees and Brossy, flying behind a
Diesel engine, established a new world S
non-refueling endurance record at
Jacksonville, Fla, one of the four So
called major" aviation records. The
Graf Zeppelin flew to Egypt and the
Holy Land
May-Prof Picard rose to the great
reaching 52,500 feet in his "stratosphere
balloon" The Department Of Com
merce took the most drastic step In
aviation history toward safeguarding
OF air passengers, grounding 35 Fokker
planes for inspection and reconstruc-
ton. Lieut.. H. r. D. Waghorn, British
Schneider racer, was killed Lees and
Brossy captured another world record
behind their DIESEL motor.
DO-X Completes Cruising. q
June-The DO-x landed at Natal,
flight. 1t was a month of transatlantic
flights; Post and Gatty and Hoiriis and
Hillig making the North Atlantic
crossing from America to Europe. Post
and Gatty continued and girdled the
world. Ruth Nichols was hurt at what
was to have been the beginning OF a
transatlantic flight. Robbins and
Jones left Fort Worth Tex, on an
attempted refueling nonstop fight to
Japan, but were forced down.
July-The Graf Zeppelin made two
famous Northern flights. the first a
practice cruise to Iceland, the second
her exploratory flight into the Arctic
The Navy captured the Gordon Bennett
balloon race. Post and Gatty COM
pleted their world fight. Robbins and
jones started again for Toxic, but
missed a fueling contact in Alaska and
were downed. Anthony H. G. Fokker
severed his American contacts after the
grounding Of 35 of his planes by the
Department Of Commerce. Alexander
Magyar and Georges Endres, Hun
garians, hoped the Atlantic to Hun
gary. James Hall. flying broker" set
q New York-Havana speed record
beaten four days later by Hawks. Rus
sell Boardman and John Polando set a
new world distance record by their
nonstop flight from New York to Istan-
bull, Turkey. Clyde Pangborn and Hugh
Herndon, taking off the same day
crossed to Berlin and continued on the
Post-Gatty trail
Cramer Lost at Sea.
August-The Do-X left Rio de
Janeiro for North America. Parker D.
Shorty Cramer was lost at sea pio-
neering a northern ocean mail line
Pangoorn and Herndon. arrived in
Japan. fell afoul the authorities and
were fined for taking Illegal pictures of
Japanese Notifications. Won Gronau
crossed the North Atlantic, east to west
The Do-X arrived In New York. The
Graf Zeppelin crossed the Atlantic to
South America
September-The Graf Zeppelin re-
turned to Freidrichshafen and then re-
turned to South America for the third
time, bringing her Atlantic passenger
total to 800 Jimmy" Doolittle set a
new transcontinental speed record
while competing in the Bendix Trophy
race. Lowell Bayles established an un-
official world landplane speed record in
trials for the Thompson Trophy race
which he won on Labor day. Moyle
and Allen, attempting a flight from
Japan to the United States, were forced
down and lost for many days, while an
intensive search was made by air, water