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ANNUAL KEPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1910. 

 Chronology of memorable flights — Motor Aeroplanes — Continued. 



HENRY FARMAN. 



LOUIS BLERIOT. 



Aug. 6,1907 

 July 4.1908 

 Oct. 31,1908 

 Oct. 81,1908 

 Do 



May 30,1909 

 June 12,19091 



July 13,19091 



July 26,19091 



Aug. 28,19091 



Aug. 27,1909 



Langley.... 

 Monoplane. 



....do 



....do 



....do 



.do. 

 .do. 



do... 



do... 



do... 



do... 



Issy 



....do... 

 Toury... 

 ....do... 

 ....do... 



Issy 



Juvissy. 



Mondesir. 



Calais 



Rheims . 

 do... 



470 feet 



3.7 miles 



4.25 miles 



8.7 miles 



....do 



....do.. 



984 feet. 



26 miles.. 

 32 miles.. 

 6.3 miles. 

 25 miles.. 



5 47 



6 40 



11 00 



44 30 

 37 00 

 7 48 

 4100 



His first attempt to circle. 



Swept several circles. 



At height of 65 feet 



Toury to Artenay, landed. 



Artenay to Toury; inter- 

 mediate landing. 



Over adjoining fields. 



Santos Dumont and Four- 

 nier as passengers. 



Etampes to Chevilly, cross- 

 country. 



First flight across British 

 Channel. 



Won first prize speed for 

 6-mile trip. 



Won ninth prize for distance 

 flown. 



S. F. CODY. 



Feb. 22,1909 

 May 14,1909 

 July 21,1909 

 Aug. 29,1909 



Sept. 8,1909i 



Sept. 11, 1909 

 Oct. 16,1909 



Biplane 



....do 



....do 



....do 



do 



.do. 

 .do. 



Aldershot. 



do.... 



do.... 



do.... 



do.... 



do.... 



Doncaster. 



1,200 feet. 



1 mile 



4 miles... 

 10 miles.. 



40 miles. 



3,000 feet. 



1 300 



In a 12-mile wind. 

 On the Army biplane. 

 On rebuilt machine. 

 With passenger in three 



flights. 

 Circuit to Famborough and 



return. 

 Before Empress Eugenie. 

 Machine wrecked; aviator 



hurt. 



