Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 65, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 November 1912 — The Aeroplane's Record. [ARTICLE]

The Aeroplane's Record.

Though still an “enfant terrible, ** the aeroplane has achieved excellent , records. It has attained a speed of 104 miles an hour in a closed circuit, has flown nearly 14,000 feet high and has carried 13 passengers at once, their weight aggregating 1,440 pounds. It has flown through storm clouds, over mountains, seas and continents. ;It has voyaged by compass over inhospitable routes, from city to city, faster than the eagle or the railway loI comotive.—Popular Mechanics.