.01:00:00 133.46 ....Legagneux.... France.. 106.02 ....Mendelli...... Austria. .......Aug. 16, '12.... 3. Greatest Speed Attained, Whatever the Length of the Flight. Pietscheker....... Germany........Oct. 1, 1911....... Albatros...... Grulich... Molla. Jan'y 26, 1912.... Sommer..... 1. Greatest Altitude. Duration of Flight. 11:01:29 1-5 4:34:00 Aviator and Two Passengers. 2:19:00 Aviator and Three Passengers. .. Germany. ......Jan'y 12, 1912.... Harlan...... Aviator and Five Passengers. 1:35:00 . France. 1:05:48 1-5 Machine. Villacoublay, Fr. Sept. 17, 1912..... Morane.. Blaschke......... Vienna, Aus.....June 23, 1912..... In New Jersey, of cities less than 100,000 population, Morristown had the highest death rate in 1910, 23.6 per 1,000, and West Orange the lowest, 8.5. AMERICAN RECORDS. (Inclosed Circuit, without Stops; Corrected to Dec. 1, 1912.) SPEED. 1. Time on a Given Distance. Kilom. Holder. 5..Vedrines. 10..Vedrines. 20.. Vedrines.. 30..Vedrines. 40..Vedrines. 50..Vedrines. 100..Vedrines. 150..Vedrines. '12.. Deperdussin. 17:51:80 35:40:20 53:18:70 .1:10:56:85 .3:32:56:40 .. Clearing, Ill.. .Sept. 9, .. Clearing, 111. .Sept. 9, '12..Deperdussin.. .Clearing, Ill....Sept. 9, '12.. Deperdussin. 200..Vedrines. .Clearing, Ill....Sept. 9, '12.. Deperdussin 250..Johnstone....... .Mineola, N. Y..July 27, '11..Moisant.. Aviator and One Passenger. 10..Grahame-White. .Nassau Bl'd....Sept. 30, '11... ..Nieuport. 20.. Grahame-White. .Nassau Bl'd....Sept. 30, '11..Nieuport. 30.. Grahame-White. .Nassau Bl'd....Sept. 30, '11.. . Nieuport. 50..Grahame-White. . Nassau Bl'd.... Sept. 30, '11..Nieuport. 2. Distance in a Given Time. Aviator Alone. 45.66.. Vedrines. 84.66.. Vedrines. 169.81.. Vedrines.. 141.97..Johnstone. 214.57..Johnstone. 283.62..Johnstone. Chicago, Ill.. .Sept. 9, '12..Deperdussin.. .Clearing, Ill.. Sept. 9, '12.. Deperdussin Grahame-White.. Squantum, Mass.. Sept. 4, '11..Nieuport. Sopwith....... Aviator and Two Passengers. GREATEST DISTANCE. 6:13 2-5 12:26 3-5 18:42 31:01 3-5 15 m. 30 m. 1 hr. 2 hrs. 3 hrs. 4 hrs. 15 m. 30 m. Speed per hr. Kilom. Miles. .136.69...105.5 ..101.76....63.23 .56.263...34.96 Johnstone........ Mineola.... July 27, '11..Moisant (Blériot-type)..283.628..176.238 In Washington, of cities with less than 100,000 population, North Yakima had the highest death rate in 1910, 18 per 1,000, and Aberdeen the lowest, 8.7. .Chicago. Sopwith.. Climbing (Upward Vertical Speed.) Date. Machine. Aviator Alone. Aug. 19, '11.. Blériot .......Chicago........Aug. 19, '11.. Blériot S Aviator and One Passenger. H. B. Brown.... Staten Isl..... Nov. 5, '12. .3,548%........11,642 -Altitude. Metres. Feet. Time. .500....1,640.... 3:35 ..5,300....46:0 The Bulgarians were subject to the Byzantine emperors from 1018 to 1186. INTERNATIONAL AVIATION RACE. FOR THE JAMES GORDON BENNETT CUP, AT CHICAGO, SEPTEMBER 9, 1912. Won by Jules Vedrines, France, in Deperdussin-Gnome Monoplane, 140 Horsepower. Time at end of lap 3. Time at end of lap 4. 5. Time at end of lap Time at end of lap 6. Time at end of lap 7. Time at end of lap 8. Time at end of lap 9. Time at end of lap 10. Time at end of lap 11. Time at end of lap 12. Time at end of lap 13. Time at end of lap 14. Time at end of lap 15. Time at end of lap 16. Time at end of lap 17. Time at end of lap 18. Time at end of lap 19. Time at end of lap 20. Time at end of lap 21. Time at end of lap 22. Time at end of lap 23. Time at end of lap 24. Time at end of lap 25. Time at end of lap 26. Time at end of lap 27. ................ Time at end of lap 28. Time at end of lap 29. 5:37:31.70 owing to Vedrines's total time for 200 kilometres was 1:10:56.85, an average speed of 105:035 miles an hour; fastest speed 106:259 miles an hour in 24th lap, which he made in 2:20:24. Prevost's time was 1:13:10.82, an average speed of 163.97 kilometres per hour (101:82 miles per hour), a difference between that of Vedrines's extra 40 h. p. speed, of 5:169 miles per hour. Frey covered 23 laps in 1:02:13.70 and dropped out of the contest. His average speed was 147.827 kilometres per hour (91:70 miles per hour). At 5:45 p. m., on the day of the international race, Vedrines flew 20 kilometres in 6 minutes 55.95 seconds, a world record. Previous Contests. 1909-Won by Glenn H. Curtiss, at Rheims, France, with Curtiss biplane, The estimated cost of the postal service of the United States in 1913-'14 is $283,805,560. Curtiss 8 cyl. 50 h. p. V motor. Distance 20 kilometres; time 15:50.60; average speed 73.6 kilometres per hour (47:06 miles per hour); fastest speed 76.7 kilometres per hour. Four other starters. p. 1910-Won by C. G. White, with Bleriot monoplane at Belmont Park, 100 h. Gnome motor. Distance 100 kilometres; time 1:01:04.74; average speed 98.23 kilometres per hour (61 miles per hour); fastest speed 102.4 kilometres per hour (63:59 miles per hour). Five other starters. 1911-Chas. T. Weymann, at Eastchurch, England, July 1, with Nieuport monoplane, Gnome 100 h. p. motor. Distance 150 kilometres; time 1:11:36.20; aver age speed 125.69 kilometres per hour (78:05 miles per hour); fastest speed 83:3 miles per hour. Five other starters. WORLD'S DISTANCE RECORD BROKEN IN 1912, JAMES GORDON BENNETT BALLOON RACE. Dusseldorf II.. Switzerland. America.. Loaned by Ger-. Von Siegmundt..5:13 p.m. Bielitz, Sorg.. Imans to America Watts.......... 6:30 p.m. Pskov, Russia....... 1,000 DISTANCES COVERED IN THE AMERICAN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP BALLOON RACE, WHICH STARTED AT KANSAS CITY, JULY 27, 1912. MICHELIN BOMB-DROPPING CONTEST. Won by R. E. Scott, late First Lieutenant Coast Artillery, U. S. Army, on August 15, 1912, in France. The contests began in February, 1912, and continued at intervals until August 15, there being 12 periods of fire in all. There were twelve entries, nine military and three civilian aviators. The victory of Mr. Scott, the American, was complete. His apparatus was mounted on a Wright biplane, with the French aviator, Gaubert, as pilot. Mr. Scott was the first man in the world to make tests in scien tific bomb dropping from an aeroplane, having carried out a successful series of tests at College Park, Md., in October, 1911, on a Wright machine, piloted by Lieutenant Milling. It was with an almost identical equipment, but entirely constructed in France, that the Michelin prize was won. On August 11, 1912, Scott and Gaubert won the prize of $5,000 by placing 8 out of 15 bombs in the target from a height of 2,640 feet. On August 15 they won the second prize of $10,000 by placing 12 out of 15 bombs in the target from a height of 765 feet. They also won the special prize of $2,000 which was awarded to Scott for having invented the most scientific and practical apparatus. THE BRITISH EMPIRE MICHELIN CUP NO. 1. The competition for 1912 closed on October 31, 1912. The winner of the prize of $2,500 was H. G. Hawker, who, on October 24, 1912, at Brooklands, flew for Germany employs 142 consuls and 640 consular agents. |