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Aeromarine Airways, Inc., closes Detroit-Cleveland season, hav-
ing carried 1,829 passengers, 2,574 lbs. freight in 2 mos.
Army Air Service non-rigid airship C-2 arrives at Brooks Field,
San Antonio, Tex., from Langley Field, Va., after non-stop
flight from Scott Field, Belleville, Ill., in 15 hrs. 50 min.
During week special torpedo plane practice held 60 mi. east of
Cape Henry, 18 planes and 3 battleships participating. Seven-
teen torpedoes released and only I failed to function.
Army Airship C-2 arrives at Ross Field, Arcadia, Cal., from
Langley Field, Va., first transcontinental flight in lighter-than-
air craft.

102d Observation Squadron, N. Y. National Guard, begins opera-
tions from Miller Field, S. I.

Annual flying meet held Logan Field, Baltimore, Md.; Lt. Chase, Navy Department, in a Navy TS wins 30 mi. handicap race. Official proclamation of U. S. State Department setting forth conditions of the provisional government of the Dominican Republic distributed by U. S. M. C. airplanes throughout the Island.

Fourteen Detroit Shriners attend convention in Cleveland, arriving aboard 2 Aeromarine flying boats.

Four hundred and three passengers make sightseeing flights in Aeromarine flying boats around New York during period September 16-24.

Lt. Talcott P. Smith, U. S. A. S., makes non-stop flight from McCook Field, Dayton, O., to Bolling Field, D. C., in 2 hrs. 50 min.

U. S. Navy torpedo planes in maneuvers off Virginia Capes. Wright Aeronautical Corporation air yacht, “Wilbur Wright," christened at New York by Miss Katherine Wright, sister of the inventor.

Lt. Crocker, U. S. A. S., returns from cross-country trip to Fargo, N. D., covering approximately 2,300 mi. in 36 hrs. 25 min. flying time.

M. Fernand Lasne, French pilot, flying Nieuport-Delage biplane
(320 h.p. Hispano motor) wins Deutsch de la Meurthe cup at
Ville Sauvage Airdrome, France, completing circuit of 186 mi.,
average speed 179.6 m.p.h.

Naval HS-2-L makes flight from Coco Solo Air Station, Canal
Zone, to Nombre de Dios, the exact point where Christopher
Columbus first set foot on the soil of the western hemisphere.
Crew is changed aboard airship C-7 at Hampton Roads Naval
Air Station by means of rope ladder while airship is in flight.
Lt. M. B. Asp, U. S. A. S., in "Ant" sport plane, wins Southern
Aerial Derby Cup at Galveston, Tex.

Grand Prize of Italy at the International Airplane competi-
tion, Milan, Italy.

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company starts work on 300 ft. semi-
rigid airship for U. S. Army at Akron, Ohio.

International Aeronautic Federation holds annual meeting at
Rome, Italy.

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Six Cleveland bankers fly from that city to Coburg, Ontario, on fishing trip in Aeromarine flying boat.

During aerial mapping project in Tennessee, Capt. A. W. Stevens with Lt. Geo. W. Polk, U.S.A.S., in 2 mos. expose, develop, number, plot and print negatives covering 5,000 sq. mi. of that

state.

All speed records between San Francisco and Los Angeles, Cal., broken by Lt. Walter Miller, U. S. A. S., when he flies distance in 2 hrs. 58 min., cutting previous record by 7 min.

Lt. J. J. O'Connell, U. S. A. S., completes cross-country flight in DH-4-B plane from Kelly Field, San Antonio, Tex., to Mitchel Field, L. I., N. Y., and return.

Mapping of Sumay and the Air Station at Guam, Miday Island, begun by Navy Department.

Lts. Oakley Kelly and J. A. Macready, U. S. A. S., in Fokker Army T-2 established longest duration flight at San Diego, Cal., 35 hrs. 18 min. 30 secs. (unofficial).

Lt. A. W. Gorton, U. S. N., in Navy TR-1 Lawrance engine,
wins Curtiss Marine Flying Trophy Race for seaplanes at
Detroit, Mich.-160 mi. at 112.65 m.p.h.

Lt. R. H. Harris, U. S. A. S., in Dayton Wright "Honeymoon
Express," wins Aviation Country Club of Detroit Trophy Race
for light commercial planes at Selfridge Field, Mt. Clemens,
Mich.-257.7 mi. at 135.1 m.p.h.

Lt. Eric H. Nelson, U.S.A.S., wins Detroit News Air Mail
Trophy Race for multi-motored planes in Martin Transport at
Selfridge Field, Mt. Clemens, Mich.-257.7 mi. at 105.1 m.p.h.
Lt. T. K. Koenig, U. S. A. S., in Packard-Lepere, wins Liberty
Engine Builders Trophy Race for observation planes at Selfridge
Field, Mt. Clemens, Mich.-257.7 mi. at 128.8 m.p.h.
Aeromarine Airways operates aerial ferry during Pulitzer Air
races between Detroit and Selfridge Field, carrying Secretary of
Navy Denby, Assistant Secretary of War Wainwright, Wing
Commander Christie, British Air Attache, Admiral Moffett, etc.
Pilots Bossoutrot and Drouhin in Farman "Goliath" at Le
Bourget, France, makes official duration flight-34 hrs. 14 min.
81/5 sec.

Lt. D. A. Stace, U. S. A. S., in Thomas-Morse MB-3, wins
John M. Mitchell Trophy Race for 1st Pursuit Group at
Selfridge Field at 148 m.p.h.

W. H. Beech in Laird "Swallow" wins "On to Detroit" Race,
Wichita, Kans. to Detroit.

Lt. R. L. Maughan, U. S. A. S., in Army Curtiss Biplane, wins
Pulitzer Trophy Race at Selfridge Field, Mt. Clemens, Mich.,
250 mi. at 205.8 m.p.h.; also world's record for 100 km. at 205.31
m.p.h., and 200 km. at 205.94 m.p.h.

16th Squadron (Observation), Army Air Service, stationed at Fort Riley, Kans., participates in American Legion meet at Salina, Kans.

Army Air Service pilots from Brooks and Kelly Fields, San Antonio, Tex., give air demonstration at 4th Annual Convention of American Legion in New Orleans.

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Army Dirigible C-2, which successfully accomplished a flight
across the continent, and which made a stop at Brooks Field,
San Antonio, Tex., while en route to home station, is destroyed
while leaving hangar, due to a sudden gust of wind, throwing
the ship against the hangar door and tearing envelope.
Brig. Gen. William Mitchell, U. S. A. S., breaks world's straight-
way speed record over 1 km. course, official-224.58 m.p.h.
Former record made by Sadi Lecointe in Nieuport-Delage at
Etampes, France, Sept. 21, 1922—213.575 m.p.h.

Two DH-4-B planes of the Marine Corps carry California dele-
gate from San Francisco to the American Legion Convention
at Los Angeles.

The Air Service Field Officers School at Langley Field, Va.,
commences 1922-1923 term with 17 students.

New Aeromarine high-lift wing doubles carrying capacity of
U. S. Air Mail planes.

Municipal landing field at Media, Pa., formally opened in pres-
ence of representatives of the Army Air Service and officers
of the National Guard from Pennsylvania and Maryland.
A 1,715 mi. cross-country flight in a DH-4-B airplane from
Boston to Detroit completed by Lt. R. C. Moffatt, pilot, and
James T. Williams, passenger, total flying time being 191⁄2 hrs.
Army Air Service personnel at Bolling Field, D. C., conduct
aerial exhibition.

Scores of land and seaplanes from many Naval and Marine
Corps stations co-operate in demonstrations in honor of Navy
Day.

International Commission for Aerial Navigation holds first pub-
lic session at London, England.

Mooring mast completed by U. S. Naval Bureau of Aeronautics at Lakehurst, N. J.

Aeromarine Airways flagship "Santa Maria" completes 50,000 mi, of flying service on opening of 1922-23 Key West-Havana

season.

Army Air Service pilots, 16th Squadron, hold aero meet at Fort
Riley, Kans.

Second Annual Aviation Meet at Hartford, Conn.
Army airship D-3 completes flight from Aberdeen Proving
Grounds, Md., to Hartford, Conn., and return.

Kansas City, Mo., celebrates Armistice Day with aerial exhibi-
tion at opening of the Air Port of Air Terminal Association.
Navy seaplane flies to assistance of burning fishing vessel off
Sunset Cliffs, San Diego, Cal.

Lts. Oakley Kelly and J. A. Macready, U. S. A. S., in Fokker
Army T-2, make record non-stop flight, San Diego, Cal., to
Indianapolis, Ind., 2,060 mi.

Terminal started at Seville, Spain, for Zeppelin airship line to
Buenos Aires, Argentina.

U. S. M. C. establish Air Mail service between Santo Domingo,
D. R., and Santiago.

Navy F-5-L flying at height of 7,000 ft. throws a sleeve target
3,000 ft. astern. This target is shot at by 3-in. anti-aircraft
guns from Fortress Monroe.

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Burning of railroad bridge near Quantico, Va., suspends rail
service. Marine Corps establishes air mail between coast and
Washington, D. C., and operates it on schedule.

Belvin W. Maynard Benefit meet at Curtiss Field, Garden City,
L. I.

16th Annual Meeting and Dinner of the Aero Club of New
England held at Harvard Club, Boston, to commemorate 139th
anniversary of the first ascent of man (in a balloon at Paris,
France).

Navy F-5-L conducts radio tests in connection with ship steer-
ing cable across channel of New York Harbor at Fort Hamilton.
Army aviators at Bolling Field, D. C., stage aerial exhibition.
Lts. H. B. Wyatt and G. E. Owens, U. S. M. C., in DH-4-B
planes, arrive in San Francisco from Washington, D. C.
Coast Artillery and Air Service hold Aerial Target practice at
Fortress Monroe, Va.

Lucien Bossoutrot in Farman F-90 5-passenger 300-h.p. Salmson
engine wins 100,000 franc Grand Prize of Paris in French air
transport competition.

Navy photographic planes take 4,000 photographs for air mosaic
of territory from San Diego, Cal., to Mexican border.
During the week U. S. M. C. airplanes from Quantico, Va.,
made 33 flights over the Virginia forest reservations for patrol
purposes.

Army Air Service pilots from Brooks Field, San Antonio, Tex.,
make cross-country flight to Rockwell Field, San Diego, Cal.
U. S. Navy Mission leaves for Brazil with aviation members.
Aeromarine 11-passenger flying boat "Cordeaux" opens 1922-23
Aeromarine Service between Miami and Nassau.

8th International Aeronautic Exposition, Paris, France.
Governor Cordeaux christens Aeromarine II-passenger flying
boat bearing his name at Nassau in the Bahamas.

New York-Newport Air Service, utilizing Loening Air Yachts, announced.

Passalova, in Italy, makes 172.7 m.p.h. in seaplane.

Aeromarine flying boat "Cordeaux" flies between Nassau and
Miami, covering distance of 187 mi. in 1 hr. 56 min.