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ANOTHER CROSS-CITY FLIGHT. [ASSOCIATED PRESS NIGHT REPORT.] This made the second cross-city flight of the day, John B. Moisant having flown for forty-six minutes, ten seconds this morning. He traveled thirty-five miles and established what is claimed to be a world's duration record for cross-city flights. Rene Barrier flew twice over Lake Pontchartrain. He, Moisant and Rene Simon, in monoplanes, made several flights, while Charles K. Hamilton, in his biplane, made the first flight he has attempted since his accident at Memphis. The most successful flight was that of Moisant in the morning when, unknown to his team-mates and unannounced, he circled over the business district. The article above comes from the 1969 book "See Them Flying: Houston Peterson's Air-Age Scrapbook, 1909-1910", which reproduces the scrapbook that the author kept, as a child, during 1909-1910. It's filled with original newspaper clippings and articles and is a huge treasure trove of original source material. |
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IN HISTORY OF EARLY BIRDS By ERNEST JONES, EB C. G. White, in a Bleriot, won the Gordon Bennett at 62.5 miles in 1 hour 1 minute 1 second. Leblanc, in a Bleriot, made a flock of world records over distances ranging from five to 90 kilometers. His greatest speed was 109.23 kph. Hamilton was unofficially timed at 107 kph. Johnstone and Hoxsey made approximately 8,000 and 7,000 feet respectively in a high wind which drove them backward, 42 and 25 miles respectively. Moisant, in a Bleriot, won the $10,000 Allan Ryan Statue of Liberty prize race, which was contested by White and finally awarded to DeLesseps, who finished last. There were more foreign contestants than ever before or since, more new records established and the exhibitions were relatively speaking, more spectacular. Following were the contestants: Then there were Walter Brookins, Arch Hoxsey, J. C. Turpin, Ralph Johnstone, P. O. Parmalee, all Americans, with Wright machines; Alec Ogilvie (England), Wright; Todd Shriver (America), Curtiss; J. J. Frisbie (America), Curtiss type. Walter Christie had a monoplane with two tandem engines, but it was not flown. Harkness did not fly but Latham flew his Antoinettes for him and distinguished himself, along with Hoxsey and Johnstone, by flying in high winds when the rest of the pilots were grounded. courtesy of Steve Remington - CollectAir |
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Daily Journal and Tribune, Knoxville, Tennessee: November 28, 1910, Transcribed by Bob Davis - 11-18-03 The program for the three days' meet includes speed, altitude, distance, duration and cross-country flying. There will also be a race every day between an aeroplane and an automobile. Garros, in his Demoiselle, will at times appear against a local motorist, and Charles K. Hamilton will every afternoon of the meet race his 110 horsepower Fiat Vanderbilt cup racer, the distance for two of the days to be five miles and the third day to be ten miles." Bob Davis |
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