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Sample of December 1911 News
More than 250 actual news stories appear in the December 1911 issue. Below is a sampling of a few days during December 1911. Individual editions are $9.95 plus postage. Closing dates and publish dates vary for all 36 issues. Contact Aero Pioneer Times, your local newsstand or your ad sales rep about each issue. Please visit the Order page today and view which issues have been released. Fly With Aero Pioneer Times Today!
MAKES AN ALTITUDE RECORD
Paris, France - December 6, 1911 - The military dirigible balloon Adjutant Reau beat the world's altitude record for dirigibles today by ascending to a height of 7,053 feet. The altitude record for dirigibles has hitherto been held by the French balloon Clement-Bayard, which on Aug. 23, 1909, attained a height of 5,085 feet.
Source: The Chicago Illinois Daily Tribune
FLYING IN BIPLANE SHOOTS BLACKBIRDS
Mineola, N.Y. - Dec. 8, 1911 - Flying in a biplane this afternoon, with Lee Hammond as pilot, William Simonson, an expert marksman, shot three blackbirds with as many shots form a 12-gauge shotgun which he carried. Two sparrows on a branch of a tree also fell victims to Simonson's marksmanship.
Source: The Pittsburg PA Dispatch
NEW AEROPLANE RECORD
Johannnisthal, Germany - Dec. 8, 1911 - A new endurance record for an aeroplane flight with a passenger was achieved today by Herr Suvelack, the well known aviator, who stayed in the air for 4 hours and 23 minutes.
The previous record was held by Herr Von Illner, who accomplished a flight with a passengers lasting 2 hours, 10 minutes, 55 seconds.
Source: The Brooklyn NY Daily Eagle
WIDOW OF PLATT TO OPERATE HYDROPLANE
With Latest Husband She Goes to San Diego Aviation School to Learn Mysteries of Air
Los Angeles, Cal., Dec. 13, 1911 - Mrs. Lillian Janeway-Platt-Atwater, widow of the late Unites States Senator Platt of New York and bride of W.B. Atwater of New York, who, with her husband is now touring Southern California on their honeymoon, announced today that she expects to qualify next spring as the first woman hydroplane operator in America.
Mr. Atwater, too, is an aviation enthusiast, and he claimed they were the first husband and wife to enter the aviation game together.
The Atwater's will study at an aviation school in San Diego.
Source: The Tacoma Washington Daily Ledger
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