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
_May 15, 1910_--Kinet, with Farman biplane, flies 2 hours and 51
minutes with a passenger at Mourmelon, making the world’s record
for passenger flight.
_May 15, 1910_--Olieslagers, with Bleriot monoplane, flies 15
miles over the sea at Genoa.
_May 21, 1910_--M. de Lesseps, with Bleriot monoplane, flies
from Calais to Dover in 37 minutes, winning £500 prize offered by
M. M. Ruinart.
_May 28, 1910_--G. Curtiss, with Curtiss biplane, starts from
Albany at 7.03 A. M., flies to Poughkeepsie in 1 hour and 21
minutes (70 miles). Leaves Poughkeepsie at 9.24 A. M., flies to
Spuyten Duyvil in 1 hour and 11 minutes (67 miles). Rises again
at 11.45, flies over New York, landing on Governor’s Island at
12.03 P. M. Wins prize of $10,000 given by the New York _World_.
_June 2, 1910_--Rolls, with Short-Wright biplane, leaves Dover
at 6.30 P. M., crosses Channel to French coast near Calais (7.15
P. M.), without landing re-crosses Channel to Dover, flies over
harbor, circles Dover Castle, and lands at 8.10 P. M. Wins second
Ruinart prize of £80.
_June 14, 1910_--Brookins, with Wright biplane, at Indianapolis,
reaches height of 4,380 feet. (World’s record.)
_June 25, 1910_--In Italian Parliament 25 million lire (about
$5,000,000) voted for aviation in the extraordinary estimates of
the Ministry of War.
_June 26, 1910_--Dickson, with Farman biplane, at Rouen, wins
total distance prize of £2,000 and the £400 for longest unbroken
flight. Distance flown, 466 miles.
_June 27, 1910_--M. de Lesseps, with Bleriot monoplane, flies
over Montreal for 49 minutes, covering about 30 miles at height
generally of 2,000 feet.
_July 6, 1910_--First German military aeroplane makes maiden
cross-country flight over Doeberitz.
_July 26, 1910_--M. de Lesseps, with Bleriot monoplane, starting
from Ile de Gros Bois in the St. Lawrence, makes trip of 40 miles
in 37 minutes.
_August 1, 1910_--Henry Farman takes up three passengers at
Mourmelon for 1 hour and 4 minutes.
_August 5, 1910_--Chavez, with Bleriot monoplane, attains height
of 5,750 feet. World’s record.
_August 7, 1910_--Lieutenants Cammerman and Villerme fly together
from Mourmelon to Nancy, 125 miles in 2½ hours, with a Farman
biplane.
_August 11, 1910_--Drexel, with Bleriot monoplane, at Lanark,
beats the world’s record for height, rising 6,600 feet.
_August 27, 1910_--First wireless telegram from a flying
aeroplane, sent by McCurdy from a Curtiss machine in the air,
at Atlantic City, N. J. The sending key was attached to the
steering wheel.
_August 28, 1910_--Dufaux, with biplane constructed by himself,
flies over Lake Geneva, wins prize of £200 offered by Swiss Aero
Club.
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