_October 15, 1907_--Henry Farman with biplane, at Issy, flies 937 feet in 21 seconds. _October 19, 1907_--R. Esnault-Pelterie with monoplane, at Buc, France, makes short flights. _October 26, 1907_--Farman with biplane, at Issy, flies 2,529 feet in a half circle, in 52 seconds. _November 17, 1907_--Santos-Dumont with biplane, at Issy, makes several short flights, the longest being about 500 feet. _November 21, 1907_--Santos-Dumont with monoplane at Bagatelle, makes several short flights, the longest being about 400 feet. _January 13, 1908_--Farman with biplane, at Issy, makes the first flight in a circular course--3,279 feet in 1 minute and 28 seconds. _March 12, 1908_--F. W. Baldwin with biplane “Red Wing,” at Hammondsport, N. Y., flies 319 feet. _March 21, 1908_--Farman with biplane, at Issy, flies 1.24 miles in 3 minutes and 31 seconds. _March 29, 1908_--Delagrange with biplane, at Ghent, Belgium, makes first recorded flight with one passenger (Farman), 453 feet. _April 11, 1908_--Delagrange with biplane at Issy, flies 2.43 miles in 6 minutes and 30 seconds, winning the Archdeacon cup. _May 18, 1908_--J. A. D. McCurdy with biplane “White Wing” at Hammondsport, flies 600 feet. _May 27, 1908_--Delagrange with biplane, at Rome, in the presence of the King of Italy, flies 7.9 miles in 15 minutes and 25 seconds. [Illustration: The early Voisin biplane flown by Farman at Issy.] _May 30, 1908_--Farman with biplane, at Ghent, flies 0.77 miles with one passenger (Mr. Archdeacon). _June 8, 1908_--Esnault-Pelterie with monoplane, at Buc, flies 0.75 miles, reaching an altitude of 100 feet. _June 22, 1908_--Delagrange with biplane, at Milan, Italy, flies 10.5 miles in 16 minutes and 30 seconds. _July 4, 1908_--Glenn H. Curtiss with biplane, at Hammondsport, flies 5,090 feet, in 1 minute and 42 seconds, winning _Scientific American_ cup. [Illustration: The “June Bug” flown by Curtiss winning the _Scientific American_ cup, July 4, 1908.] _July 4, 1908_--Bleriot with monoplane, at Issy, flies 3.7 miles in 5 minutes and 47 seconds, making several circles. _July 6, 1908_--Farman in biplane, at Ghent, flies 12.2 miles in 19 minutes and 3 seconds, winning the Armengand prize. _July 8, 1908_--Delagrange with biplane, at Turin, Italy, flies 500 feet with the first woman passenger ever carried on an aeroplane--Mrs. Peltier. _August 9, 1908_--Wilbur Wright with biplane, at Le Mans, France, makes several short flights to prove the ease of control of his machine. _August 8, 1908_--L. F. Ferber with biplane, at Issy, makes first trial flights. _September 6, 1908_--Delagrange with biplane, at Issy, flies 15.2 miles in 29 minutes and 52 seconds, beating existing French records.