THE WORLD AT LARGE.
Greatest Speed Per Hour, Whatever Length of Flight, Aviator
Alone--E. Nieuport, Mourmelon, France, June 21, Nieuport Machine,
82.72 miles; with one passenger, E. Nieuport, Moumlelon, France,
June 12, Nieuport Machine, 67.11 miles; with two passengers, E.
Nieuport, Mourmelon, France, March 9, Nieuport Machine, 63.91
miles; with three passengers, G. Busson, Rheims, France, March
10, Deperdussin Machine, 59.84 miles; with four passengers, G.
Busson, Rheims, France, March 10, Deperdussin Machine, 54.21
miles.
Greatest Distance Aviator Alone--G. Fourny, no stops, Buc,
France, September 2, M. Farman Machine, 447.01 miles; E. Helen,
three stops, Etampes, France, September 8, Nieuport Machine,
778.45 miles; with one passenger, Lieut. Bier, Austria, October
2, Etrich Machine, 155.34 miles; with two passengers, Lieut.
Bier, Austria, October 4, Etrich Machine, 69.59 miles; with three
passengers, G. Busson, Rheims, France, March 10, Deperdussin
Machine, 31.06 miles; with four passengers, G. Busson, Rheims,
France, March 10, Deperdussin Machine, 15.99 miles.
Greatest Duration Aviator Alone--G. Fourny, no stops, Buc,
France, September 2, M. Farman Machine, 11 hours, 1 minute, 29
seconds, E. Helen, three stops, Etampes, France, September 8,
Nieuport Machine, 14 hours, 7 minutes, 50 seconds, 13 hours, 17
minutes net time; with one passenger, Suvelack, Johannisthal,
Germany, December 8, 4 hours, 23 minutes; with two passengers, T.
de W. Milling, Nassau Boulevard, New York, September 26,
Burgess-Wright Machine, 1 hour, 54 minutes, 42 3-5 seconds; with
three passengers, Warchalowski, Wiener-Neustadt, Aust., October
30, 45 minutes, 46 seconds; with four passengers, G. Busson,
Rheims, France, March 10, Deperdussin Machine, 17 minutes, 28 1-5
seconds.
Greatest Altitude Aviator Alone--Garros, St. Malo, France,
September 4, Bleriot Machine, 13,362 feet; with one passenger,
Prevost, Courcy, France, December 2, 9,840 feet; with two
passengers, Lieut. 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