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Aviation feats and October meets spark hopes for 1921
A retrospective on 1910 aviation progress notes record-breaking feats and upcoming October events. It cites the Chicago to New York flight with a $25 000 prize and lists entrants including Curtiss Baldwin and Harmer. It also previews the international balloon race from St Louis and balloonists aiming for New York before the heavier-than-air contests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
English Channel
Albany
New York
Chicago
Glenn H. Curtiss
Wf. C. Shriver
Joseph Seymour
J. G. Mars
Yg. A. PD. McCurdy
Thomas 8
Charles G. Harmer
Portsmouth
England
Royal Naval College
Greenwich
London
J. Armstrong Drexel
Tod Shriver
Thomas 8. Baldwin
Curtiss
Mr. Curtiss
Rheims
Shriver
Hammondsport
Mineola Aviation Grounds
St. Louis
Mound City
Chaver
Paris
Berson
Suering
Berlin