_February 22, 1909_--S. F. Cody with biplane, at Aldershot, England, flies 1,200 feet in a 12-mile wind. _February 23, 1909_--J. A. D. McCurdy, with the biplane “Silver Dart,” at Baddeck, Cape Breton, flies 2,640 feet. _February 24, 1909_--McCurdy, with the biplane “Silver Dart,” at Baddeck, flies 4.5 miles. _February 24, 1909_--Moore-Brabazon, with biplane, at Issy, flies 1.2 miles, tracing two circles. _February 28, 1909_--Moore-Brabazon made several flights at Issy. _March 8, 1909_--McCurdy, with biplane “Silver Dart,” at Baddeck, made five flights, the longest about 8 miles in 11 minutes and 15 seconds. _March 10, 1909_--Santos-Dumont, with monoplane “Libellule,” at Bagatelle, flies 1,300 feet. _March 11, 1909_--W. J. Richardson with a new form of aeroplane, at Dayton, O., flies for 38 minutes, rising to a height of over 300 feet. _March 11, 1909_--McCurdy with biplane “Silver Dart,” at Baddeck, flies 19 miles in 22 minutes. _March 17, 1909_--Count de Lambert (pupil of Wilbur Wright) made his first flight alone in biplane, at Pau, France. He remained in the air 3 minutes. _March 18, 1909_--McCurdy, with biplane “Silver Dart,” at Baddeck, flies 16 miles, completing a record of an even 1,000 miles in the air within a period of 10 months. _March 18, 1909_--F. W. Baldwin with biplane “Silver Dart,” at Baddeck, made a short flight. _March 20, 1909_--Wilbur Wright, with biplane, at Pau, succeeds in rising from the ground without the starting device previously used. He makes several flights. _March 24, 1909_--Count de Lambert with biplane, at Pau, flies 15.6 miles in 27 minutes and 11 seconds. _April 10, 1909_--Santos-Dumont with monoplane “Demoiselle,” at St. Cyr, France, flies 1.2 miles. _April 13, 1909_--Count de Lambert with biplane, at Pau, flies for 1 minute and 30 seconds, with one passenger (Leon Delagrange). _April 16, 1909_--Wilbur Wright with biplane, at Rome, Italy, made many flights, taking up many passengers, one at a time. _April 27, 1909_--Legagneux with Voisin biplane, at Vienna, flies 2.5 miles in 3 minutes and 26 seconds. _April 28, 1909_--Lieutenant Mario Calderara (pupil of Wilbur Wright) with biplane, at Rome, made his first public flight, remaining in the air 10 minutes. _April 30, 1909_--Moore-Brabazon with biplane, in England, flies 4.5 miles. _May 14, 1909_--S. F. Cody, with the army biplane, at Aldershot, flies 1 mile. _May 19, 1909_--Hubert Latham, with Antoinette monoplane, at Chalons, flies 1,640 feet. _May 20, 1909_--Paul Tissandier (pupil of Wilbur Wright) with biplane at Pau, flies 35.7 miles. _May 23, 1909_--Delagrange, with biplane, at Juvissy, flies 3.6 miles in 10 minutes and 18 seconds, winning the Lagatineri prize.