ATTWOOD (Harry). Well-known American aviator. In August, 1911, covered
1,435 miles in eight days.
AUFFM-ORDT. (Swiss). 2 Avenue Hoche, Paris. Pioneer Aviator.
AVERY, American pioneer aviator, associated with Herring, Chanute, and
others.
BACON (_late_ Rev.), British prominent aeronaut and lecturer.
BACON (Miss), daughter of the above. Aeronaut and lecturer.
BADEN-POWELL (Major, B.), F.R.A.S., F.R. Met. Soc., late Scots Guards.
32 Prince's Gate, London, S.W. Inventor of the Baden-Powell Box
Kite. President of the Aeronautical Society from 1902 to 1909. Early
experimenter and investigator with aeroplanes. Lecturer. Editor of
_Aeronautics_.
BALDWIN (Capt. Thomas S.), 78 Maddison Square, New York. Well known U.S.
Aeronaut of many years standing. Invented the _Baldwin_ dirigible.
BALSAN (Jacques), 52 Quai Debilly, Paris. Born 1868. Aeronaut from 1905.
Made an altitude record of 8,558 metres. In 1906 went by balloon,
Paris to England. Vice-President _Aero Club de France_.
BANNERMAN (Major Sir Alexander, Bart.) In command of the British Army
Air Battalion, 1911.
BARBER. British. Aeronautical Syndicate, 1909-12. _Valkyrie_ type, etc.,
etc.
BARNWELL. British. Instructor 1912, Vicker's School.
BARRA. Well known French aviator.
BASENACH. German. Associated with Major Gross in producing the _M_ type
German dirigibles.
BARTON (Dr.) Built the first British dirigible in 1904. Capacity,
235,000 c.f.
BATHIAT (Georges). Frenchman. After only one hour's tuition at the
Hanriot School, secured his certificate at Rheims, October, 1910.
Brother of the Bathiat who flew a _Breguet_.
BAUMANN (Otto), Berlin. Second German to fly.
BAUMANN. French. Instructor at the Ewen School in 1912.
BEACHEY (Lincoln). American subject. In August, 1911, reached 11,578
feet (3,527 m.)--world's record to that date. Flew Niagara, 27th
June, 1911, in a _Curtiss_.
BEATTY (George W.) American aviator. At the Chicago meet, August, 1911,
he made the world's passenger flight duration trip in 3 hours, 42
minutes, 22 seconds. Also made American records for 2 man altitude
3080 feet and 3 man duration on a _Wright_.
BECKE (Captain). British Army. In December, 1912, made a (to that date)
record flight--Flamborough to Plymouth, and later back again--4-1/2
hours out; 2 hours back, excluding landings en route.
BEESE (Nellie). First German lady to get her pilot certificate, which
she did on a _Rumpler_.
BELL (Dr. Alexander Graham Bell). Canadian. One of the founders of the
Aerial Exp. Assoc. in U.S.A. Began experiments 1894. Inventor of the
Tetratedal, etc.
BENDALL. British. Instructor Bristol School at Brooklands, 1912.
BERGET (Alphonse). French subject. Professor Inst. Oceanographique. Past
President Soc. Francoise de Nav. Ae. Author of _La Conquete de
L'Air_.
BERNARD. French. Tester for _Farmans_ 1912-13.
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