164 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1910. 



Chronology of memorable flights — Motor Aeroplanes — Continued. 



LOUIS PAULHAN. 



Date. 



July 10, 19091 

 July 15, 1909 

 July 19, 19091 



July 23, 1909 

 Aug. 6, 1909 

 Aug. 7, 1909 

 Aug. 24, 1909 

 Aug. 25, 1909 1 

 Sept. 9, 1909 

 Sept. 13, 1909 1 



Sept. 17, 1909 

 Sept. 18, 1909 



Oct. 10, 1909 

 Oct. 12, 1909 



Oct. 18, 1909 



Oct. 19, 1909 1 



Nov. 19, 1909 



Nov. 20, 1909 1 



Machine. 



Biplane. 

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.do. 

 -do. 



..do. 

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.do. 

 .do. 

 .do. 

 .do. 



Place. 



Douai 



....do 



....do 



....do 



Dunkerque. 



do 



Rheims 



do 



Tournai 



do 



Distance. 



1.25 miles 



12.1 miles 



43.5 miles 



Ostend. 

 do.. 



Port Aviation . , 

 ....do 



Blackpool. . . 



do 



Chalons 



Mourmelon . 



23 miles 



18.6 miles 



81 miles 



12.4 miles 



1.24 mUes 



Time. 



H.m.s. 



21.5 miles. 

 3.6 miles. . 



14 mUes 



15.75 miles. 



37 miles. 



1 17 00 

 22 53 



1 17 19 

 18 20 

 33 00 

 38 12 



2 43 24 

 17 00 



1 35 00 



3 16 

 1 1 1 



21 48 

 6 11 



25 53 



32 18 



55 00 



Per- 

 sons. 



Remarks. 



His very first flight. 

 Reached altitude of 357 feet. 

 Cross-country, Douai to 



Arras. 

 Official allowance, 30 miles. 

 Altitude, 200 feet. 

 On a Voisin biplane. 

 Altitude, 295 feet. 

 Won third prize for distance. 

 Two cross-country flights. 

 Tournai to Taintignies and 



return. 

 Circled over sea. 

 Over sea front; won .?5,000 



prize. 

 Flew over line of the stands. 

 Won prize for slowest flight, 



S600. 

 On first day of Blackpool 



meeting. 

 Won third prize for dis- 

 tance, $1,400. 

 Rose 1,210 feet, competing, 



Weiler prize. 

 Chalons and return. Rose 



nearly 1,000 feet. 



ROGER SOMMER. 



July 4, 

 July 18, 

 July 27, 

 Aug. 1, 

 Aug. 2, 

 Aug. 4, 



Aug. 7, 



Aug. 22, 



Aug. 27, 



Sept. 6, 



Sept. 10, 



Sept. 11, 

 Oct. 16, 



1909 

 1909 

 19091 

 1909 

 19091 

 1909 



19091 



1909 



1909 



1909 



1909 



1909 

 1909 



Oct. 26,19091 



Biplane. 

 ....do... 

 ....do... 

 ....do... 

 ....do... 

 ....do... 



...do.. 

 ...do.. 

 ...do.. 

 ...do.. 

 ...do.. 



.do. 

 .do. 



....do... 



Chalons . 

 ....do... 

 ....do... 



do... 



do... 



do... 



....do... 

 Rheims . 

 ....do.. 

 Nancy . . 

 do.. 



....do.... 

 Doncaster. 



...do... 



3.75 miles. 

 25 mOes . . . 

 9 miles 



37 miles. 

 25 mUes . 

 18 miles . 



24 mUes . , 

 9.7 miles. 



29.7 miles.. 



1 4 00 

 1 23 30 



1 50 30 

 12 00 



2 10 



2 27 15 



35 00 



21 45 

 44 63 



On Farman's new machine. 



Longest of several flights. 



To Vadenay and back. 



Beats an French records. 



To Suippes; 45miles anhour. 



Trying to beat Wright's 

 record. 



Beats Wright's record of 

 Dec. 31, 1908. 



On first day of Reims tour- 

 nament. 



Won seventh prize for dis- 

 tance. 



Also made flights with pas- 

 sengers. 



Accompanies troops on re- 

 view. 



Nancy to Lenoncourt. 



Best flight in Great Britain 

 to date. 



Won Whitworth cup. 



