Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1932-01-21

Jan. 5-Twelve Italian planes started
TRANSATLANTIC flight from Portuguese
Jan s1Ten Of the italian planes
down at sea, five men killed.
Jan. l1-Mrs. Beryl Hart and Lieut..
muda to the Azores.
Jan. 31-Big German flying boat DO
X few from Lisbon to Canary islands
on transatlantic flight.
April 7-Harmon trophy presented TO
Mai. James II. Doolittle for his blind
flight experiments.
May 27-Prof August PICARD or
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 24nP9st and Gatty landed at
Chester England, and proceeded to
Berlin on way around world.
Otto Hillig and Holger Hoiriis left
Harbor Grace on flight to Copen-
June 25-Hillig aud Hoiriis landed at
Crefeld, Germany
July Post and Gatty landed at
Roosevelt field, Long Island. having
in days, Is hours and 81 u minutes.
July l5-George Endres and Alex
ander Magyar. Hungarian army flyers,
started from Harbor Grace, N. F., on
flight to Budapest.
July 16-Endres and Magyar landed
IA miles from Budapest.
July 28-Hugh Herndon and Clyde
Pangborn took off from New York on
flight to Moscow; Russell Boardman
and John Polando started from New
York on fight to Turkey
Washington on air tour to Japan.
July 29-Herndon and Pangborn
landed in Wales, went on to London
and started again for Moscow.
landed in Istanbul, setting new nom
stop distance record.
Aug. 14-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
at Cleveland, Ohio.
Sept. Graf Zeppelin reached Bra
Sept. Jimmy Doolittle flew from
Los Angeles to New York in II 4 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
Sept. 11-Hope for Moyle and Allen
Sept. fs-Lieuts. j. N Boothman and
c. H. Stainforth won Schneider cup
permanently for Great Britain, the lat
ter setting new speed record of 379.05
miles per hour.
Sept. 16-Moyle and Allen found alive
and safe on island off Kamchatka
Sept. 23-Navy dirigible Akron made
arst test flight successfully.
Oct. 4-Pangborn and Herndon start
ed nonstop fight 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 Hinkler started flight
from Natal, Brazil, to Africa
Nov. 26-Hinkler landed in British
Gambia, West Africa, completing first
eastward flight across the South At
Dec. 5-Lowen r. Bayles killed at
Detroit in attempt to set new speed
record
DISASTERS
Jan. s-About ITO persons killed by
typhoon in the Philippines.
Jan. 14--Oaxaca City, Mexico, wrecked
by earthquake: many killed.
Feb. 3-Cities of Napier and Hast
ings, New Zealand, wrecked by earth
quake; many killed.
Feb. 16-One hundred Chinese
drowned when steamer sank in Pearl
river.
March 7-Earthquake in the Balkans
killed 150 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 Ma Nicaragua, ruined