| Summary: | Newsletter of the North Dakota School for the Deaf. THE NORTH DAKOTA BANNER before October, a prize of $50,000 is offered. A prize of $30,000 is also offered for a flight between New lork and St. Louis and another of $35,000 to the first flyer to make the trip from Chicago to New York. Some aviators have succeeded in establishing wonderful records for continued flights. Walter Brookins, an American aviator, made a successful trip from Chicago to Springfield, 111., a distance of one hundred and eighty-six miles, arriving at his destination nearly half an hour in advance of a special train on the Illinois Central, which was racing with him. Paul Legagneux of Paris, France, broke the world's record by flying, in a Bleriot monoplane. straight down to the earth. The entire world was shocked the last day of the year 1910 by the death of two famous OUR FIRST BUILDING American aviators, John Moissant and Arch. BLoxsey, the former hoar New Orleans and the latter at Los Angeles. know about the wind; the weather may appear ideal for flying .when it is really dangerous. Lt occurs frequently that, an aviator may plunge suddenly dovyn to the earth on account of “a hole in the wind” or “air hole,” as it is called. Where there are hills, mountains and trees all round, the wind, even when blowing gently, comes in dangerous waves, swirls and eddies. Some of the accidents were caused by the engines acting badly, a tensely drawn wire snapping, o'* any one of a hundred things, small in themselves but potent in the destruction of life. A new sickness has developed called “air sickness,” which may prove fatal if the aviator who feels it coming on him does not hasten SCHOOL BUILDING MAIN BUILDING HOSPITAL a distance of three hundred thirty-two miles in five hours and fifty minutes without alighting. Some other aviators have established altitude records at several of the meets. At the first aviation meet in Los Angeles, Louis Paulhan, a Frenchman, established the world’s altitude record which was 4,164 feet. Ralph Johnstone, an American aviator, increased the record to 9,714 feet at Belmont Park, New York. Fie met his death at Denver last fall when one of the wings of his aeroplane was crumpled up and both the machine and the aviator shot Arch. Hoxsey had broken the world's altitude record by climbing up 11, 474 feet in the air, although the record is not officially accepted. Flying for altitude records is severe for the aviators. Even in the summer, the atmosphere is so cold that they must wear furs as an arctic explorer does. It is claimed that Geo. Chavez, the ill-fated Peruvian aviator, who succeeded in ffyiug over the Alps in a monoplane, lost control of the machine because he was nil mb from cold. These flights are always attended with great risk. One of the troubles is the aviators, do not to descend. Of course, no one can claim to have conquered the air in the true sense of the word. We shall still have to And out how to rise immediately from the earth and how to hover at will like a bird. No aeroplane can do either of these to the slightest degree. These and these only arc the problems confronting man before ho can bo called a “birdman' and before he can really claim to have conquered the air. What is the‘future of aviation? We believe the aeroplane will And its widest use in the armies and navies of the
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