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DUTY OF CONGRESS TO ACT

Notwithstanding the two court rulings which offer temporary protection, the final solution has yet to be provided and in the meantime the danger of dumping remains. Each year European nations may be expected to declare numbers of their Military craft obsolete and the temptation will persist to endeavor to throw them on the United States market. The situation, as revealed by Gen. Menoher and Gen. Mitchell, is unchanged in so far as a national policy is concerned, and must remain pregnant with danger to the national defense until Congress enacts anti-dumping legislation protecting the aircraft industry.

CHAPTER XII

CHRONOLOGY OF AERONAUTICS

January 1-December 31, 1920

(For Earlier Chronologies, see Aircraft Year Book, 1919 and 1920) *See amplification at close of this chapter.

January I

*January 2

January 2

January 3

January 8-15

January 10

January 12

*January 13 January 19 January 21

January 21
February
February 4

February 7

British Air Ministry announces opening of Cape to
Cairo air route.

Commander A. C. Read completes recruiting flight of
7,740 nautical miles in N.C.-4.

James H. Knight flies airplane mail from Cleveland to Bellefonte, Pa., 215 miles, in 83 minutes. Average speed 156 m.p.h.

M. Sadi Lecointe, in Nieuport machine, reported to have covered 190 kilometers in 42 minutes 53% seconds. Speed 166 miles an hour.

Chicago Aeronautical Exposition under auspices of the
Manufacturers Aircraft Association, Inc. (See Ap-
pendix.)

H. S. flying boat from Naval Air Station, Coco Solo,
C.Z. with Lieut. (jg) O. D. Williams and Ensign E.
Chourre pursues runaway kite balloon and rescues
crew of three.

Mississippi Valley Aviation Clubs Association organ-
izes in Chicago and adopts resolutions recommending
concentration of all air activities, military, naval and
civil, within single department of the Government.
Hamilton Club of Chicago passes resolution urging ne-
cessity for National Aeronautical Department.
Aerial survey of Panama region begun by Naval Avia-
tion.

Geological Survey co-operates with Aviation Section
Marine Corps, in mapping coastline of Haiti.

Aircraft responsible for victory of British and Italian
troops over forces of the "Mad Mullah" in Abyssinia.
C. J. Zimmerman, Keyport, N. J., takes off and lands
Aeromarine 40-L Flying Boat on the ice at Raritan Bay.
Consignment of Curtiss H.S.-2-Ls, Curtiss H.-16s, and
several Aeromarine and Boeing flying boats, and parts,
worth a half million dollars is shipped to aerial trans-
port company in China.

Aerial Post started between Helsingfors, Finland, and
Reval, Russia.

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February 7

*February 14 February 17

February 19
February 21

February 21

*February 26

March

March 5

March 6

March 6-13

March 8

March 8

March 10

March 13

Sadi Lecointe, flying Nieuport biplane at Villacoublay, reported to have made speed record under new regulations of the F. A. I. covering kilometer course in both directions at 171.3 m.p.h.

Lieuts. Ferrari and Masiero start Rome-Tokio flight. M. Casale, in Spad Herbemont biplane, with two passengers, attains reported height of 7300 meters (24,000 ft.).

The American Embassy organizes weekly aerial service
from Paris to Warsaw, via Coblenz and Berlin.
Congressional Committee visits Air Station at Hamp-
ton Roads. Representatives Britten, Hicks, Oliver and
Venable make short flight in airship F.-1.

Fleet of five H.S.-2 and five H.-16 flying boats from
Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Fla., participate in Mardi
Gras festival at New Orleans and one H.S.-1 and
twelve N.-9s participate in fete at Mobile.
Major R. W. Schroeder, flying 400 h.p. Liberty motored
Packard Lepere biplane equipped with Moss turbo-
compressor, establishes world's altitude record of 33,-
000 ft. at McCook Field, Dayton, O. Record calibrated
by U. S. Bureau of Standards. F. A. I. method indi-
cates 33,114 ft.

Radio messages from airplanes during maneuvers of
37th Inf., Ft. Mackintosh received over distance of 175
miles.

Calcutta-Bombay Flight. Handley Page airplane, pi-
loted by Capt. Clarke and carrying one servant, two
mechanics, three passengers and three press representa-
tives, arrives at Bombay 9 P. M., having flown from
Calcutta. Distance of 1200 miles in 17 hours.
Maj. Albert D. Smith flies reconstructed Boeing-De
Haviland 1400 miles in one day from Camp Lewis,
Wash., to San Diego, Cal. His course lay almost en-
tirely over mountains 6000 to 7000 feet high.

Second annual aeronautical exposition Manufacturers'
Aircraft Association at 71st Regiment Armory, New
York City. (See Appendix.)

Dayton-Washington Flight. Lieut. H. R. Harris with
Lieut. A. L. Smith, Lieut. E. B. Koger of Navy, and
Clarence B. Coombs fly 12-passenger Martin Army
Transport Airplane from McCook Field, Dayton, to
Bolling Field, Washington, 385 miles, in 3 hrs., 63 min.
First seaplane flight of Belgian mission establishes
aerial transport in Congo, between Kinshasa and Bo-
lobo, 200 miles in 2 hrs., 39 min.

New York State Legislature adopts resolution urging
Congress to enact federal laws for regulation of aerial
traffic, instead of leaving it to individual states to pass
conflicting legislation. (See Legislative Section, Ap-
pendix.)

Edward Musick, Aeromarine pilot, with J. J. Boland, company engineer, glides over snow covered ice in

March 18

*March 20

March 22

March 30

March 30

March 31-April 2

April 1

April I
April 1

April 4

April 14

April 18-May 2
April 21-28

April 22

April 22

Aeromarine Flying Boat, takes off, and flies over
steamship "Princess Ann," ashore off Rockaway Point.
Finds that rescue work has been accomplished and
returns, landing this time on snow covered landing
field.

Air Mail service started between Barcelona and Las
Palmas, Mallorca, 112 miles.

First successful flight from Cairo to Capetown com-
pleted by Col. van Ryneveld and Major Brand.
C. J. Zimmerman, pilot, makes successful trial flight in
new Aeromarine Model A. S. Ship's Scout at Key-
port, N. J. Seaplane hops off after run of five seconds.
Air Mail pilot, James H. Knight, flies 340 miles from
New York to Cleveland in 2 hrs., 10 min., average
speed 157 m.p.h., with 16,000 letters.
Radio communication established between seaplane and
Naval Air Station, Anacostia, and between seaplane
and submarine in Navy Yard, demonstrating possible
communication up to 70 miles between submarine and
seaplane.

Capt. W. R. Lawson and Lieut. R. E. Davis make
military reconnaissance flight of 900 miles between
Langley Field, Va.- Camp Glenn, N. C.— Wilmington,
N. C.- Fayetteville, N. C.- Charleston, S. C.-Fayette-
ville, N. C.-Langley Field, Va. Actual flying time 11
hrs., 23 min.; elapsed time 58 hours., 25 min.

Lieut. Everett Davis, 8th Aero Squadron, in D.H.-4-B flies from Kelly Field to McAllen, Texas, covering 256 miles in 100 min.

First Aero Conference of South Africa.

Air Mail service opened on Frejus-Toulouse-Rabat
route, for Spanish mails between Barcelona, Alicante
and Malaga.

Juan Leguia, son of Peruvian President, breaks local
record for non-stop flight, covering 300 miles between
Lima and Trujillo, Peru, in Curtiss "Oriole."
During railroad tie-up, Aeromarine Flying boat pi-
loted by C. J. Zimmerman, carrying 500 copies of the
Wall Street Edition of the N. Y. Evening Post, flies
to Red Bank, N. J., delivering papers 30 minutes after
leaving New York.

Seaplane races at Monaco, France. Grand Prix de
Monaco is awarded to Sadi Lecointe.

San Francisco Aeronautical Exposition under auspices
of Manufacturers' Aircraft Association. (See Appen-
dix.)

Pacific Aeronautical Association at meeting, San Fran-
cisco, urges Congress to establish transcontinental air
mail lines, air laws, regulate aviation in general, en-
courage cities to establish municipal landing fields and
to aid development of commercial planes.

Two naval H.S.2-Ls commanded by Lieut. Commander
R. D. Kirkpatrick and Lieut. W. R. Cobb, fly from

April 25

April 26

April 27

April 30

May
May I

May 2

May 4

May 5-11

*May 7

May 7

May 7

May 9

May 12

May 14

May 14-16

May 15

Honolulu to Hilo and back, a distance of 210 miles each way.

Pilot Clifford Webster flies Curtiss H.S.2-L flying boat with two passengers from Florida to New York, 1,345 miles, in 18 hrs., 27 min.

Over a measured course at Naval Air Station, Rocka

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way, Curtiss 'Wasp" piloted by Roland Rohlfs, flies
at a speed of 140 miles an hour, breaking former speed
record by 14 miles an hour. Flight made under offi-
cial cognizance of navy officials.

First warrant in United States for reckless aerial
driving is issued in Los Angeles against Omer Lock-
lear, Aero Club of Southern California, complainant.
Orenco "Tourister" at Hazelhurst Field, Minneola, pi-
loted by Clarence Coombs, with three passengers,
reaches altitude of 6,000 feet in 8 min., 750 feet a min.
Aircraft Exposition opens Groningen, Holland.
Lieut. F. D. Hackett flies from Mather Field to Ream
Field, 490 miles, in a D.H.-9 Liberty in 4 hrs. I min.
Eclipse of the moon observed by Lieuts. J. H. Tilton
and W. H. Cushing of the naval station, Rockaway
Beach, L. I., at height of nearly 31⁄2 miles.
Oregon, Washington, and Idaho Airplane Company,
Curtiss distributors for Northwest, contract with Ore-
gon Journal for delivery of 300 pounds of newspapers
daily to Astoria and Seaside during summer months.
This service enables readers to get their papers ten
hours earlier than would have been possible otherwise.
Two Curtiss K-6 motored Standard J-1 planes fly
from New York to Minneapolis with consignment of
dry goods.

First annual intercollegiate competition held by U. S.
Army Air Service, the Intercollegiate Flying Associa-
tion, and the American Flying Club at Mitchel Field,
Mineola, L. I.

Opening of aerial mail route between Peking and
Tien Tsin.

Clarence Coombs with three passengers in Orenco
touring plane, ascends 16,000 feet.

Bournemouth Police Court, London, fines Reginald
Edmund Tollerfield, pilot, for flying at dangerously
low altitude. First procedure of the kind in England.
D.H.-4 plane piloted by Lieut. R. W. Blessley with
Lieut. D. D. Watson, observer, flies over Panama
Canal. Aerial photographic map made, saving engi-
neering corps months of work on the ground.
First inter-city flight on Pacific Coast in dirigible B-18,
non-stop from San Diego to Los Angeles and return,
250 miles in 51⁄2 hours.

First annual army air tournament held at Bolling
Field, exhibition of aerobatics and combat flying by
army pilots.

First aerial mail plane arrives in Chicago from Omaha

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