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F. W. KEMPER

[[bold]]Art Smith[[/bold]], of the Mills Aviators, fell 150 feet at Sterling, Ill., on May 26. He was not hurt.

[[bold]]Arch Freeman[[/bold]] has been entertaining Boston, Saugus and vicinity for the last two weeks, by flights over the harbor and by attacks on the battleships and forts in the harbor. He was invited to luncheon on May 28 by Lieut. Commander Fisher, at the Charlestown Navy Yard. Many other officers were present. On May 25 he flew at Revere, Mass.

[[bold]]Howard Gill[[/bold]], on May 25, tried out the new Burgess-Wright aeroplane built for the United States Army, at Yale Field, New Haven, Conn. Something went wrong with the controls and a bad landing was made.

[[bold]]Lincoln Beachey[[/bold]] was present at the Yale meet and on May 25, made a flight disguised as a woman. He was introduced as Madame Helene and when he rose to an altitude of 2,000 feet in 12 minutes and when "she" handled the machine like a veteran the more experienced aviators present sat up and took notice. When he descended, however, his wig became disarranged and everyone saw the trick.

[[bold]]Farnum Fish[[/bold]] made a 50-mile trip from Milwaukee on May 30, passing over the towns of Watertown, Waukesha and Oconomowoc, Wis. He carried a bundle of newspapers on the flight and dropped them at the towns mentioned.

[[bold]]Walter E. Johnson[[/bold]], operating a Thomas biplane, made three successful flights at Middlesboro, Ky., May 24-26.

[[bold]]Charles Morok[[/bold]] was slightly injured in an accident on Memorial Day at Grafton, W. Va., when, in order to land in small grounds, he was compelled to descend at too great a speed. The machine rebounded from the earth and fell on its left wing. He had just completed a circle over the city at an altitude of 500 feet.

[[bold]]Hillery Beachey[[/bold]] flew in Portage La Perry, Canada, on May 22 and 23, and in Winnipeg on May 23 and 24, using a 1911 Benoist plane equipped with a Hall-Scott motor. As Beachey was accustomed to driving a headless biplane, he removed the old forward elevator and increased the size of his mail planes. He made circular flights on each of the four days, before crowds which totaled as high as 7,000 people.