Bier, Austria, Etrich Machine, 4,010 feet.
AMERICAN RECORDS.
Greatest Speed Per Hour, Whatever Length of Flight, Aviator
Alone--A. Leblanc, Belmont Park, N. Y., October 29, Bleriot
Machine, 67.87 miles; with one passenger, C. Grahame-White,
Squantum, Mass., September 4, Nieuport Machine, 63.23 miles; with
two passengers, T. O. M. Sopwith, Chicago, Ill., August 15,
Wright Machine, 34.96 miles.
Greatest Distance Aviator Alone--St. Croix Johnstone, Mineola,
N. Y., July 27, Moisant (Bleriot Type) Machine, 176.23 miles.
Greatest Duration Aviator Alone--Howard W. Gill, Kinloch, Mo.,
October 19, Wright Machine, 4 hours, 16 minutes, 35 seconds; with
one passenger, G. W. Beatty, Chicago, Ill., August 19, Wright
Machine, 3 hours, 42 minutes, 22 1-5 seconds; with two
passengers, T. de W. Milling, Nassau Boulevard, N. Y., September
26, Burgess-Wright Machine, 1 hour, 54 minutes, 42 3-5 seconds.
Greatest Altitude Aviator Alone--L. Beachy, Chicago, Ill., August
20, Curtiss Machine, 11,642 feet; with one passenger, C. Grahame-
White, Nassau Boulevard, N. Y., September 30, Nieuport Machine,
3,347 feet.
Weight Carrying--P. O. Parmelee, Chicago, III., August 19,
Wright Machine, 458 lbs.
AVIATION DEVELOPMENT.
The wonderful progress made in the science of aviation
during the year 1911 far surpasses any twelve months' advancement
recorded.
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