Beachey in a
Curtiss machine in 1h. 50m. at an average speed of 45 miles
per hour.
Tri-State Race.--The tri-state race was the feature event
of the Harvard Aviation Society meet held at Squantum,
Mass., August 26 to September 6. It was held Labor Day,
September 4, over a course of 174 miles, from Boston to
Nashua to Worcester to Providence to Boston. Four competitors
started, of which two finished, the winner, E. Ovington,
in a Bleriot machine. Ovington's net flying time, 3h. 6m.
22 1-5s. Winner's prize, $10,000.
AEROPLANES AND DIRIGIBLE BALLOONS IN WARFARE.
Wonderful progress has been made in the development of
the aeroplane in this country and in Europe since 1903, and
within the last two or three years the leading powers of the
world have entered upon extensive tests and experiments to
determine its availability and usefulness in land and naval
warfare.
At the present time all the great powers are building or
purchasing aeroplanes on an extensive scale. They have
established government schools for the instruction of their
army and navy officers and for experimental work. So-called
"Airship Fleets" have been constructed and placed in commission
as auxiliaries to the armies and navies. The fleets
of France and Germany are about equal and are larger by
far than those of any of the other powers.
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