_October 18, 1909_--Rougier, with biplane, at Blackpool, flies 17.7 miles in 24 minutes and 43 seconds, winning the second prize. _October 18, 1909_--Farman, with biplane, at Blackpool, flies 14 miles in 23 minutes. _October 18, 1909_--Le Blon, with monoplane, at Doncaster, flies 22 miles in 30 minutes, in a rainstorm, winning the Bradford cup. _October 18, 1909_--Count de Lambert, with biplane, at Juvissy, flies 31 miles to the Eiffel Tower in Paris, and back, in 49 minutes and 39 seconds. _October 19, 1909_--Le Blon, with monoplane, at Doncaster, flies 15 miles in a gale. _October 19, 1909_--Paulhan, with biplane, at Blackpool, flies 15.7 miles in 32 minutes and 18 seconds, winning the third prize. _October 20, 1909_--Farman, with biplane, at Blackpool, flies 47 miles in 1 hour, 32 minutes, and 16 seconds, winning the first prize--$10,000. _October 20, 1909_--Le Blon, with monoplane, at Doncaster, makes a spectacular flight in a fierce gale. _October 21, 1909_--Count de Lambert, with biplane, at Pt. Aviation, flies 1.25 miles in 1 minute and 57 seconds, winning prize of $3,000 for speed. _October 22, 1909_--Latham, with monoplane, at Blackpool, flies in a squally gale blowing from 30 to 50 miles an hour. When headed into the wind the machine moved backward in relation to points on the ground. Going before the wind, it passed points on the ground at a speed of nearly 100 miles an hour. This flight, twice around the course, is the most difficult feat accomplished by any aviator up to this date. _October 26, 1909_--Sommer, with biplane, at Doncaster, flies 29.7 miles in 44 minutes and 53 seconds, winning the Whitworth cup. _October 26, 1909_--Delagrange, with monoplane, at Doncaster, flies 6 miles in 7 minutes and 36 seconds--a speed of over 50 miles an hour. _October 30, 1909_--Moore-Brabazon, with biplane, at Shell Beach, England, wins a prize of $5,000 for flight with a British machine. _November 3, 1909_--Farman, with biplane, at Mourmelon, France, flies 144 miles in 4 hours 6 minutes and 25 seconds, far surpassing his previous best record of 112 miles in 3 hours 4 minutes and 57 seconds, made at Rheims, and winning the Michelin cup for duration and distance. _November 19, 1909_--Paulhan, with biplane, at Mourmelon, broke the record for height by ascending to 1,170 feet, in a wind blowing from 20 to 25 miles an hour. _November 19, 1909_--Latham, with Antoinette monoplane, surpassed Paulhan’s record by rising to an altitude of 1,333 feet. _November 20, 1909_--Paulhan, with biplane, at Mourmelon, flies to Chalons and back--37 miles in 55 minutes. _December 1, 1909_--Latham, with monoplane, at Mourmelon, soars to 1,500 feet in a 40-mile gale.