The Ely miner., 1932-01-01
AERONAUTICS

Jan. 5-Twelve Italian planes started
transatlantic flight from Portuguese
Guinea to Brazil.
Jan. 6-Ten of the Italian planes
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 31-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 ball
in a sealed aluminium ball; landed in
Austria Tyrol after reaching record
altitude of $500 feet
June German flying boat DO-X
nando Noronha. Brazil. in IL hours Is
minutes
June 23-wiley Post and Harold
Gatty hoped off from Harbor Grace.
Chester, England, and proceeded to
Berlin on way around world.
Otto Hillig and Holger Hoiriis left
Harbor Grace on a flight to Copen-
June z5-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 days. Is hours and 51h minutes.
July 15-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 fork on
flight to Moscow; Russell Boardman
and John Polando started from New
Col. and Mrs. C. A. Lindbergh left
Washington on air tour to Japan.
July 2s-Herndon and Pangborn
Landed In Wales went for Tosco On to
July 30-Bolrdman and Polando
landed in Istanbul. setting new non-
stop distance record.
Aug. 14-Lindberghs landed at Kar-
agin island. Kamchatka.
Aug. 27-DO-x, hig German flying
boat arrived at New York.
Aug. 2s-National air races opened
at Cleveland, Ohio.
Sept. 1-Graf Zeppelin reached Bra
Sept. Jimmy Doolittle flew from
Los Angeles to New York in IL Y 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 non
Sept 11-Hope for Moyle and Allen
given up.
Sept. i3-Lieuts. ]. N. Boothman and
G. H. Stainforth won Schneider cup
permanently for Great Britain, the lat
ter setting new speed record of 379.05
miles per hour.
Sept 1s-Moyle and Allen found alive
and safe on island of Kamchatka.
Sept. 23-Navy dirigible Akron made
hrst test flight successfully.
Oct 4-Pangborn and Herndon start
ed nonstop fight from Japan to United
States.
Oct. 5-Pangborn and Herndon
landed at Wenatchie, Wash, complet-
ing first continuous flight from Japan
to United States and winning $4,000
prize.
Nov. z5-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
lantic.
Dec. 5-Loweli 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 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.
killed $50 and wrecked many towns.
March 31-Knute Rockne. Notre
Dame football coach and seven others
killed in T. A +. Western Express