Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 303, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 December 1910 — NEW ACHIEVEMENT IN AERONAUTICS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

NEW ACHIEVEMENT IN AERONAUTICS

pUGENE ELY, one of the leading American aviators, has accomplished something new in the history of flying. L In 8 Curtiss biplane he started from the deck of the United States cruiser Birmingham in Hampton Roads and flew to Willoughby Beach, seven miles distant. Despite a dense fog he kept his course and landed safely. Officers of the navy who watched the experiment predicted that before lohg every warship would be equipped with an aeroplane.