Totals INTERSTATE COLLEGE LEAGUE. CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS. INTERBOROUGH LEAGUE. First, Dyker Heights Country Club, 6 to 3; Lyceum C. C., 4% to 4%; New York C. C., 4 to 5; Pillsbury C. C., 31⁄2 to 5%. In two years the world has seen its dream come true. From flights at the altitude of ten feet the bird men are now within whispering distance of 10,000 feet. From mere hops and elongated jumps, aviators now fly from Paris to London, from Albany to New York, from Chicago to Springfield, and talk seriously of a transcontinental flight for a prize. From a few seconds in the air we have advanced until to win this year's International Michelin Cup for duration the aviator will have to fly longer than six hours-perhaps longer than from sunrise to sunset. Scientists studying the problems involved in aeronautics are unable to forecast the extent to which aeroplane and dirigible achievements will amaze mankind before their marvellously rapid accumulation is arrested. The aeroplane was ready and the Wright brothers stood side by side at Kitty Hawk, N. C., on that now historic 17th day of December, 1903. Who should be the first to try to fly it? Wilbur tells the story with characteristic brevity: "We tossed a penny. Orv. did not guess right. That is how I happened to be the first to fly. I was up fifty-nine seconds." It would be a big task, and in many respects of no value whatever, to record all the aeroplane flights made in 1910. Aviation tournaments were held in many European countries, and in America, in addition to the International Aviation Meet at Belmont Park (the blue ribbon event of the year in aeronautics), notable aviation tournaments were held at Los Angeles, Boston, St. Louis, Baltimore and Denver. The important records are printed below. The death of Ralph Johnstone, the Wright aviator, who established a world altitude record on October 31, 1910, was the sole fatality in American aviation annals for 1910. He was killed at Denver on November 17, 1910, by a fall of 500 feet. Lieut. Selfridge, who was killed at Washington, D. C., on September 17, 1908, while a passenger with Orville Wright, completes the list of killed for this country since flying by aeroplane became a fact. Orville Wright's leg was broken and he lay for weeks in the hospital. Abroad, the men who were killed through aeroplane disasters last year number twenty. France has sixty aeroplanes for purposes of manoeuvre, Germany is rapidly catching up, and all nations are studying the probable value of the aeroplane as the fourth arm of military service. INTERNATIONAL AVIATION MEET, OCT. 22-30, 1910. THE RACE FOR THE JAMES GORDON BENNETT CUP AT BELMONT PARK, SATURDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 29, 1910. Told by the Official Figures, Lap for Lap. Claude Grahame-White. Royal Aero Club of the United Kingdom. Gnome-Blériot, 100 H. P. Laps. Kilo- Hour of passing. Time for lap. Elapsed time. metre H. | M. S. 1/100 H. | M. S. 1/100| H. | M. | S. [1/100 649 96 52 31 20 58 00 11 02 12 80 80 32 15 80 16 40 50 18 60 38 70 § Smashed ma chine when having to land through lack of gasolene. Grahame-White broke all existing world's records from six laps to the finish. Leblanc a few minutes later took the honors for speed from Grahame-White by beating his best time on every lap, the only trouble with Leblanc being that he "ran out of gasolene" and did not fly the last two and one-half kilometres of the course. Grahame-White won $5,000 and the Royal Aero Club of the United Kingdom got the cup. Leblanc's fastest lap was his eleventh-2 min. 44% sec.-which figures out 67.868 miles an hour-the greatest speed ever travelled by an aeroplane that has been officially timed. FOR THE JAMES GORDON SPEED OF OTHER FLYERS IN THE RACE OCTOBER 29, 1910. 19 Extra Distance. 18:39.19 67880123 Distance. Hubert Latham Elapsed Time. Laps. Kilom. Time for Lap. h. m. s. 9 3:23.28 30:08.33 3:22.82 11 3:22.27 3:22.83 3:26.61 14 3:24.18 15 83:31.15 According to the rules of the race, the starting line had to be crossed before 3:32 p. m. J. Radley (Royal Aero Club of the United Kingdom), 50 horsepower Blériot, crossed at 3:32:25.36, and Charles K. Hamilton (Aero Club of America), 110horsepower Hamilton blplane, at 3:36:26.06. They were accordingly disqualified land called upon to land. FOR J. G. BENNETT TROPHY. Leblanc's best times over the various distances recognized as records were as follows (Morane's old records are given, also, for comparison): FASTEST TEN KILOMETRES (6.2 MILES) DURING REGULAR HOURLY DISTANCE EVENTS, INTERNATIONAL AVIATION TOURNAMENT AT BELMONT PARK, OCTOBER 22-30, 1910. 1First prize, $1,500. 2Second prize, $1,000. Third prize, $500. TOTALIZATION OF DURATION AT BELMONT PARK. 1First prize, $1,500. PRIZE MONEY WON Second prize, $1,000. Third prize, $500. BY AVIATORS AT THE INTERNATIONAL AVIATION This includes the prize of $5,000 that goes to the winner in the James Gordon Bennett race. Hoxey also won a $1,000 cup. AMERICAN AEROPLANE RECORDS FOR DISTANCE AND DURATION IN 1910 (INCLUDING 'CROSS-COUNTRY). Motor. Gnome.....Los Angeles, Cal. Gnome.....Los Angeles, Cal. .Gnome.....Los Angeles, Cal. ....Jan. 20....Herring-Curtiss ..Curtiss....Los Angeles, Cal. ....May 29. ..Herring-Curtiss ..Curtiss....Albany, N. Y. ..June 11....Herring-Curtiss ..Curtiss....New York Harbor ....June 13....Herring-Curtiss. .Curtiss....Gov. Isl.-Phil. ....June 13....Herring-Curtiss. .Curtiss....Philadelphia to ....June 15....Wright 1:04:00 2:03:00 1:04:00 ....Aug. 14. 29:00 ....Aug. 20.. Farman 3:05:40 ....Sept. 3....Wright 14 Brookins +2:29:00 $5:51:00 : 5 Hoxsey 3:33:00 16 Moisant 0:34:11 ....Sept. 3.... Bleriot Total time in air. †Longest lap. Total flying time. 1Won $3,000 prize traveling over circular course 75.77 miles. 2 Won $10,000 prize for record 'cross-country flight, 45% miles. Mme. Paulhan the passenger. Over ice of Bras d'Or Lakes, on March 8, passenger flights of 4 and 7 minutes were made. Distance from Albany to Camelot, N. Y,, first stop on Albany-New York flight, 714 miles. Distance (straight line) from Albany to Governor's Island, 136.34 miles.; distance from Albany to Spuyten Duyvil, second stop, 128 miles; distance of course, Albany to Governor's Island, 1421⁄2 miles; speed per hour, 50.52 miles; distances compiled by office of Chief Signal Officer, U. S. A.; won $10,000 "World" prize. Lieutenant Foulois, of U. S. Army Signal Corps, taught by Wilbur Wright to fly the government machine. In fog and rain, over ferry boats and harbor tugs, preparing for New York-Philadelphia flight. First round trip by aero |