. Review of reviews and world's work . THE MAIL MAN—1912 (Apropos of recent experiments) From the Press (New York) Plioto-raph by Tlioinpsjn, Xevv York MLLE. HELENE DUTRIEU (Famous woman aviator of France who took part in the] Nassau Boulevard meet) AeriaJ Some remarkable feats in height^^rf^ and distance have recently beenDisasters made. It seems as if the altituderecord is not destined to remain long at anyone point. Not many weeks ago CaptainFelix, the French aviator, rose to a height of10,826 feet. Then Beachey, at the Chicagomeet in the latter part of August, rising untilhis gasolin
. Review of reviews and world's work . THE MAIL MAN—1912 (Apropos of recent experiments) From the Press (New York) Plioto-raph by Tlioinpsjn, Xevv York MLLE. HELENE DUTRIEU (Famous woman aviator of France who took part in the] Nassau Boulevard meet) AeriaJ Some remarkable feats in height^^rf^ and distance have recently beenDisasters made. It seems as if the altituderecord is not destined to remain long at anyone point. Not many weeks ago CaptainFelix, the French aviator, rose to a height of10,826 feet. Then Beachey, at the Chicagomeet in the latter part of August, rising untilhis gasoline was exhausted, touched 11,640feet; and, on September 4, Roland Garrosplaced the altitude mark at 13,943 feet. In asingle non-stop flight, Fourny accomplished447 miles in 11 hours. Vedrines, wdth two50-minute stops, made 496 miles in a similarspace of time, while Helles, with three stopsfor fuel, achieved 745 miles in 15 hours. Anew record recently added to American avia-tion laurels is for an endurance flight with apassenger, whic
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