The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-01-01
AERONAUTICS

Jan. 6-TWelve 1tallan planes started
Jan. .s-Ten of the italian planes
reached Natal Brazil; two forced
down at sea, ave men killed.
Jan. .11--Mrs. Beryl Hart and Lieut..
w. s. MacLaren lost in hop from Ber-
muda to the Azores.
Jan. 31-Big German flying boat DO
x flew from Lisbon to Canary islands
on transatlantic fight.
April Harmon trophy presented to
Maj. James H. Doolittle for his blind
fight experiments.
Brussels and an assistant made bal
loon fight to the stratosphere, being
in a sealed aluminium ball; landed in
Austria Tyrol after reaching record
altitude of $4,000 feet.
June 4-German flying boat DO-X
flew from Cape Verde islands to Fer
nando Noronha, Brazil. in IL hours Is
minutes.
June 2S-wiley Post and Harold
Gatty hoped off from Harbor Grace.
n. F., for Berlin.
June 24mP9st and Gatty landed At
Chester England ;Ia and 1vo proceeded to
otto Hillig and Holger Hoiriis left
Harbor Grace on a flight to Copen-
hagen.
July Post and Gatty landed at
Roosevelt field, Long Island, having
completed the flight around the world
in days, Is hours and 81 " minutes.
July 15-George Endres and Alex
ander Magyar, Hungarian army flyers.
started from Harbor Grace, N. F.. on
fight to Budapest.
July 16-Endres and Magyar landed
IA miles from Budapest.
July 2S-Hugh Herndon and Clyde
Pangborn took off from New York on
and John Poiando started from New
York on flight to Turkey
Col. and Mrs. G. A. Lindbergh left
washington on air tour to Japan,
landed in Wales, went on to London
and started again for Moscow.
July SO-Boardman and Polando
landed in Istanbul. setting new nom
Aug. 14-Lindberghs landed at Kar-
agin island, Kamchatka.
Aug. 27-DO-x, big German flying
boat, arrived at New York.
Aug. Sensational air races opened
at Cleveland, Ohio.
Sept. 1-Graf Zeppelin reached Bra
Sept. Jimmy Doolittle few from
Los Angeles to New York in IL Y hours.
Sept. 7-Lowell Bayles won Thomp-
son trophy at Cleveland with average
speed Of 2s6 miles an hour. .r.u
started from Samushiro. japan. on nom
stop flight to Seattle.
Sept. i1-Hope for Moyle and Allen
Sept. 1s-Lieuts. J. N. Boothman and
G. H. Stainforth won Schneider cup
permanently for Great Britain, the lat
ter setting new speed record of S79.06
Sept. 16-Moyle and Allen found alive
and safe on island off Kamchatka.
Sept. 23-Navy dirigible Akron made
first test flight successfully.
Oct. 4-Pangborn and Herndon start
ed nonstop fight from Japan to United
Oct. 5-Pangborn and Herndon
ing first continuous flight from Japan
to United States and winning $4,000
Nov. 25-Bert Thinker started fight
Nov. 26-Hinkler landed in British
Gambia, West Africa, completing first
eastward fight across the South At
Dec. 5-Lowell r. Bayles killed at
Detroit in attempt to set new speed
record.
DISASTERS
Jan. 3-About ITO persons killed by
typhoon in the Philippines.
Jan. 14-oaxaca City, Mexico. wrecked
by earthquakes: many killed.
Feb. Settles Of Napier and Hast
FEB Feb. IsIone hundred Chinese
drowned when steamer sank In Pearl
March 7-Earthquake in the Balkans
killed $50 and wrecked many towns.
March 31-Knute Rockne. Notre
Dame football coach and seven others
killed in 7. A. T. western Express
liner crash near Bazaar. Kan.
City of Managua, Nicaragua, ruined
by earthquakes; 100 dead.
April 29-Earthquake In Transcau-
casia killed nearly 400.
May 25-Forty- killed by IRE
in gold mine in Kolar fields, India.
June 9-British submarine sunk In
collision near Weihaiwei, China; "a men
lost.
June 14-French excursion steamer
capsized near st. Nazaire; about 500
lives lost.
June 22-Ten million dollar fro in
st. John. N. B.
Aug. 21-Flood of Yangtse river
drowned 100000 and threatened de-
struction of Hankow.
Aug. 27-Thousands reported killed
by earthquake in Baluchistan.
Aug. S0-Terrible floods north OF
Yangchow. China. resulted from break
ing Of Grand canal dykes; 10000
drowned