_September 8, 1908_--Orville Wright with biplane, at Fort Myer, Va., flies 40 miles in 1 hour and 2 minutes, rising to 100 feet. _September 9, 10, 11, 1908_--Orville Wright with biplane, at Fort Myer, makes several flights, increasing in duration from 57 minutes to 1 hour ten minutes and 24 seconds. _September 12, 1908_--Orville Wright with biplane, at Fort Myer, flies 50 miles in 1 hour, 14 minutes and 20 seconds, the longest flight on record. _September 12, 1908_--Orville Wright with biplane, at Fort Myer, flies for 9 minutes and 6 seconds with one passenger (Major Squier), making a new record. _September 17, 1908_--Orville Wright with biplane, at Fort Myer, flies 3 miles in 4 minutes, with Lieutenant Selfridge. The machine fell: Selfridge was killed and Wright severely injured. _September 19, 1908_--L. F. Ferber with biplane, at Issy, flies 1,640 feet. _September 21, 1908_--Wilbur Wright with biplane, at Auvours, flies 41 miles in 1 hour and 31 minutes. _September 25, 1908_--Wilbur Wright with biplane, at Le Mans, France, flies 11 minutes and 35 seconds, with one passenger, making a new record. _October 3, 1908_--Wilbur Wright with biplane, at Le Mans, France, flies 55 minutes and 37 seconds, with one passenger, making new record. _October 6, 1908_--Wilbur Wright with biplane, at Le Mans, flies 1 hour 4 minutes and 26 seconds, with one passenger, breaking all records. _October 10, 1908_--Wilbur Wright with biplane, at Auvours, flies 46 miles in 1 hour and 9 minutes, with one passenger (Mr. Painleve). Also carried 35 others on different trips, one at a time. _October 21, 1908_--Bleriot with monoplane, at Toury, France, flies 4.25 miles in 6 minutes and 40 seconds. _October 30, 1908_--Farman with biplane at Chalons, France, makes a flight across country to Rheims--17 miles in 20 minutes. _October 31, 1908_--Farman with biplane, at Chalons, flies 23 minutes, reaching a height of 82 feet. _October 31, 1908_--Bleriot with monoplane, at Toury, flies 8.7 miles to Artenay, in 11 minutes, lands, and returns to Toury. _December 18, 1908_--Wilbur Wright with biplane, at Auvours, flies 62 miles in 1 hour and 54 minutes, rising to 360 feet--making a world record. _December 31, 1908_--Wilbur Wright with biplane, at Le Mans, flies 76.5 miles in 2 hours 18 minutes and 53 seconds, making a new world record, and winning the Michelin prize. The distance traversed (unofficial) is claimed to have been actually over 100 miles. _January 28, 1909_--Moore-Brabazon with biplane, at Chalons, flies 3.1 miles, in practice with a Voison machine. _February 14, 1909_--Legagneux with biplane, at Mourmelon, France, flies 1.2 miles, and in a second flight of 6.2 miles (10 kilometres), traces two circles.