. Review of reviews and world's work . Photograph by Paul Thompson, N. Y. CHARLES T. WEYMANN, AMERICAN, WINNER OF THE GORDON-BENNETT INTERNATIONAL SPEED TROPHY OF 1911 Photograph by Paul Thompson, N. Y. LINCOLN BEACHEY, THE DARING YOUNG AVIATOR WHOFLEW OVER NIAGARA FALLS flew, going from London to Paris, 250 miles,in a little over three hours, and as did TomSopwith, the brilliant young Englishman nowin this country, who traced an air line fromthe Isle of Sheppey, to Beaumont, in Belgium,175 miles, carrying off a prize of $20,000. LONG CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHTS And how astonishingly the recent cros
. Review of reviews and world's work . Photograph by Paul Thompson, N. Y. CHARLES T. WEYMANN, AMERICAN, WINNER OF THE GORDON-BENNETT INTERNATIONAL SPEED TROPHY OF 1911 Photograph by Paul Thompson, N. Y. LINCOLN BEACHEY, THE DARING YOUNG AVIATOR WHOFLEW OVER NIAGARA FALLS flew, going from London to Paris, 250 miles,in a little over three hours, and as did TomSopwith, the brilliant young Englishman nowin this country, who traced an air line fromthe Isle of Sheppey, to Beaumont, in Belgium,175 miles, carrying off a prize of $20,000. LONG CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHTS And how astonishingly the recent cross-country flights compare with the feeble ef-forts of a few years ago. Go back just fivebrief years. Picture the enthusiastic crowdsaround Santos-Dumont at Bagatelle, as heactually rises from the ground in a power-driven machine and flies—eighty yards! Orrecall Wrights flight of fifty-nine secondsin 1903. And wonderful achievements theywere in those days. Then consider what hasbeen done during the past year,—LieutenantMenards flig
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