Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-01-21
AERONAUTICS

Jan. 0-l we've Italian pldneS
transatlantic flight from Portuguese
Jan. s-Ten of the Italian planes
reached Natal. Brazil, two forced
down at sea, five men killed
Jan. 11-Mrs. Beryl Hart and Lieut..
w. S. MacLaren lost in hop from Ber
muda to the Azores
Jan. Sl-Big German flying boat DO
X flew from Lisbon to Canary islands
on transatlantic flight.
April Harmon trophy presented TO
Mai. James H. Doolittle for his blind
flight experiments.
May 27-Prof. August Picard OF
Brussels and an assistant made bal
loon flight to the stratOsphere, being
an a sealed aluminium ball; landed in
Austria Tyrol after reaching record
altitude of $4,000 feet.
June 4-German flying boat DOX
few from Cape Verde islands to Fer
nando Noronha, Brazil. in IL hours Is
minutes
June 23-Wiley Post and Harold
Gatty hoped off from Harbor Grace.
" F., for Berlin.
Chester. England, and proceeded to
Serlin on way around world.
Otto Hillig and Holger Hoiriis left
Harbor Grace on flight to Copen-
June 25-Hillig and Hoiriis landed at
Crefeld. Germany.
July Post and Gatty landed at
Roosevelt field, Long Island, having
completed the flight around the world
in S days, Is hours and 81 Y minutes.
July 15-George Endres and Alex
andar Magyar. Hungarian army flyers,
started from Harbor Grace, n. F.. on
slight to Budapest.
July 16-Endres and Magyar landed
IA miles from Budapest.
Pangborn took off from New iork on
flight to Moscow; Russell Boardman
and John Polando started from New
York on flight to Turkey.
nj nd 8
Washington on air tour to Japan.
July 29-Herndon and Pangborn
landed in Wales, went on to London
and started again for Moscow.
July 30-Boardman and Polando
landed in Istanbul. setting new non
stop distance record:
Aug. l4-Lindberghs landed at Kar-
agin island, Kamchatka:
Aug. 27-DO-X, big German flying
boat arrived at New York
Aug. 2S-National air races opened
Sept Graf Zeppelin reached Bra
Sept Jimmy Doolittle flew from
Los Angeles to New York in II = hours.
son trophy at Cleveland with average
speed of 236 miles an hour.
Sept: S-Don Moyle and c. A. Allen
started from Samushiro, Japan, on nom
stop flight to Seattle.
Sept ll-Hope for Moyle and Allen
given up.
Sept. 13-Lleuts. }. n. Bootnman anu
G. n. Stanforth won Schneider cup
permanently for Great Britain the lat
ter setting new speed record of 379.05
miles per hour.
Sept. l6-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 flight from Japan to United
Oct. 5-Pangborn and Herndon
landed at Wenatchie, Wash, complet-
ing first continuous flight from Japan
TO United States and winning $4,000
Nov. 25-Bert Thinker started flight
from Natal, Brazil, to Africa.
Nov. 26-Hinkler landed in British
Gambia, West Africa, completing first
eastward flight across the South At
iantic
Detroit in attempt to set new speed
DISASTERS
Jan. 3-About ITO persons killed by
typhoon in the Philippines:
Jan. 14-Oaxaca City, Mexico. wrecked
by earthquake; many killed.
Feb: a-Cities Of Napier and Hast
ings. New Zealand, wrecked by earth
Feb. I6-One hundred Chinese
drowned when steamer sank in Pearl
river
MaTch III TIC DANA lie
killed $50 and wrecked many towns.
March 31-Knute Rockne. Notre
Dame football coach and seven Others
killed in T. A. T. Western Express
liner crash near Bazaar. Kan.
City of Managua, Nicaragua, ruined
by earthquake; LOO dead.
April 29-Earthquake in Transcau-
casia killed nearly 400.
May 25-Forty-seven killed by fire
in gold mine in Kolar fields, India.
June 9-BrItish submarine sunk in
collision near Weihawei. China; "a men
lost.
June 14-French excursion steamer
capsized near st. Nazaire; about SOC
lives lost
June 22-Ten million dollar Arc In
st. John. N. B.
Aug. 21-Flood of Yangtse river
drowned 100000 and threatened de-
struction of Hankow.
Aug 27-Thousands reported killed
nv earthquake in Baluchistan.
Aug. 30-Terrible floods north OF
Yangchow, China. resulted from break
ing of Grand canal dykes; 10000
drowned.