_September 8, 1909_--S. F. Cody, with biplane, at Aldershot, flies to Farnborough and back--46 miles in 1 hour and 3 minutes. This is the first recorded cross-country flight in England. _September 9, 1909_--Orville Wright, with biplane, at Berlin, flies for 15 minutes with one passenger--Captain Englehardt. _September 9, 1909_--Paulhan, with biplane, at Tournai, Belgium, flies 12.4 miles in 17 minutes. _September 9, 1909_--Rougier, with biplane, at Brescia, flies 12 minutes and 10 seconds, soaring to a height of 328 feet. _September 10, 1909_--Sommer, with biplane, at Nancy, flies 18 miles, accompanying troops on review. _September 11, 1909_--Sommer, with biplane, at Nancy, flies to Lenoncourt--24 miles. _September 11, 1909_--Curtiss, with biplane, at Brescia, flies 31 miles in 49 minutes and 24 seconds, winning the first prize for speed. _September 12, 1909_--Rougier, with biplane, at Brescia, flies 31 miles in 1 hour 10 minutes and 18 seconds, soaring to a height of 380 feet. _September 12, 1909_--Calderara, with biplane, at Brescia, flies 6.3 miles with one passenger, winning a prize. _September 13, 1909_--Paulhan, with biplane, at Tournai, flies to Taintiguies and back in 1 hour and 35 minutes. _September 13, 1909_--Santos-Dumont, with monoplane, at St. Cyr, France, flies 5 miles in 12 minutes, to Buc, to visit Maurice Guffroy, on a bet of $200 that each would be the first to visit the other. _September 15, 1909_--Ferber, with biplane, at Boulogne, France, flies to Wimeroux--6 miles in 9 minutes. _September 15, 1909_--Calderara, with biplane, at Brescia, flies 5.6 miles with one passenger, winning the Oldofredi prize. _September 17, 1909_--Orville Wright, with biplane, at Berlin, flies for 54 minutes and 26 seconds, rising to an altitude of 765 feet (estimated). He afterward flew for 47 minutes and 5 seconds with Captain Englehardt. _September 17, 1909_--Santos-Dumont, with monoplane, at St. Cyr, flies 10 miles in 16 minutes across country. _September 17, 1909_--Paulhan, with biplane, at Ostend, Belgium, flies 1.24 miles in 3 minutes and 16 seconds, along the water front and out over the sea. _September 18, 1909_--Orville Wright, with biplane, at Berlin, establishes a world record by flying for 1 hour 35 minutes and 47 seconds, with one passenger--Captain Englehardt. _September 18, 1909_--Paulhan, with biplane, at Ostend, flies for 1 hour over sea front, circling over the water; winning a prize of $5,000. _September 20, 1909_--Rougier, with biplane, at Brescia, broke the record for high flying by reaching an altitude of 645 feet (official measurement). _September 20, 1909_--Calderara, with biplane, at Brescia, flies 31 miles in 50 minutes and 51 seconds, winning the second prize for speed.