How It Flies; or, The Conquest of the Air: The Story of Man's Endeavors to Fly and of the Inventions by Which He Has SucceededFerris, Richard
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How It Flies; or, The Conquest of the Air: The Story of Man's Endeavors to Fly and of the Inventions by Which He Has Succeeded
Ferris, Richard
Aeronautics
_December 30, 1909_--Delagrange, with monoplane, at Juvissy,
flies 124 miles in 2 hours and 32 minutes--an average speed of
48.9 miles per hour, surpassing all previous records.
_December 31, 1909_--Farman at Chartres, France, flies to
Orleans--42 miles in 50 minutes.
_December 31, 1909_--Maurice Farman, at Mourmelon, defending his
brother Henry’s record against competing aviators, flies 100
miles in 2 hours and 45 minutes, without a fault. The Michelin
cup remains in his brother’s possession.
_January 7, 1910_--Latham, with Antoinette monoplane, at Chalons,
rises to height of 3,281 feet (world’s record).
_January 10, 1910_--Opening of aviation meet at Los Angeles, Cal.
_January 12, 1910_--Paulhan, Farman biplane, at Los Angeles,
rises to height of 4,146 feet. (World’s record.)
_January 17, 1910_--Paulhan, Farman biplane, at Los Angeles,
flies 75 miles in 1 hour 58 minutes and 27⅖ seconds.
_February 7, 1910_--First flight in South America. Bregi, Voisin
biplane, makes two flights near Buenos Aires.
_February 7, 1910_--Duray, with Farman biplane, at Heliopolis,
Egypt, flies 5 kilometres in 4 minutes and 12⅘ seconds. (World’s
record.)
_April 8, 1910_--D. Kinet, with Farman biplane, at Mourmelon,
flies for 2 hours 19 minutes and 4⅖ seconds with passenger,
covering 102 miles. (World’s record for passenger flight.)
_April 11, 1910_--E. Jeannin, with Farman biplane, flies 2 hours
1 minute and 55 seconds, at Johannisthal. (German record.)
_April 15, 1910_--Opening of Nice meeting.
_April 17, 1910_--Paulhan, with Farman biplane, flies from
Chevilly to Arcis-sur-Aube, 118 miles. (Record cross-country
flight.)
_April 23, 1910_--Grahame-White, with Farman biplane, flies from
Park Royal, London, to Rugby (83 miles) in 2 hours and 1 minute.
Starting again in 55 minutes, flies to Whittington in 1 hour and
5 minutes.
_April 27, 1910_--Paulhan, with Farman biplane, starts from
Hendon, London, at 5.31 P. M., flies within 5 mile circle
and continues to Lichfield, arriving 8.10 P. M. (117 miles).
Grahame-White starts from Wormwood Scrubs, London, at 6.29 P.
M., flies to Roade, arriving 7.55 P. M. (60 miles).
_April 28, 1910_--Paulhan flies from Lichfield to within 5 miles
of Manchester, winning the £10,000 _Daily Mail_ prize.
_April 30, 1910_--Opening of meeting at Tours, France.
_May 1, 1910_--Opening of flying-week at Barcelona.
_May 3, 1910_--Wiencziers, with Antoinette monoplane, twice
circles the Strassburg cathedral.
_May 6, 1910_--Olieslagers, with Bleriot monoplane, makes flight
of 18 minutes and 20 seconds above the sea at Barcelona, and over
the fortress of Monjuich.
_May 13, 1910_--Engelhardt, with Wright biplane, at Berlin, flies
2 hours 21 minutes and 45 seconds. (German record.)
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