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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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Courtesy of Giovanni Giorgetti, 7-28-11 Italian BARRIER RENE. – nato a Chateaudun il 23 maggio 1884. Laureatosi in lettere nel 1904 si dedico dapprima all’automobile e nel 1908 si interessò all’esperienza di Bleriot. A Pau, sotto la direzione di A. Leblanc, apprese a pilotare e si elevò per primo all’altezza di 200 metri. Conseguito il brevetto di pilota, fece esibizioni a Siviglia, Barcellona, Cordoba, e disputò meeting a Mondorff-Les-Bains, Melhouse, Varsavia e Pescara. Fu poi in America con Moisant. English He was born in Chateaudun (France) on May 23, 1884. He graduated in Literature in 1904 and at first he dedicated himself to the car, and then in 1908 became interested in the experience of Bleriot. At Pau, under the direction of A. Leblanc, he learned to fly and was raised for the first height of 200 meters. After getting his pilot's license, he did performances in Seville, Barcelona, Cordoba, and disputed meeting in Mondorff-Les-Bains, Melhouse, Warsaw and Pescara, and then he went to America with Moisant. |
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René was born on May 23, 1884 in Chateadun, close to Chartres Orléans in the center of
France). He died on November 13 1930. Editor's Note: If you have any more information on this Early Bird, please contact me. E-mail to Ralph Cooper Back 
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