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Varnum was a factor in the flying activities of the University, and took part in the intercollegiate aero meet in June, 1920, and was granted an American Field Service Fellowship for his "scholastic record, fine character, and dependability in every respect...
...Aero Society Meeting at 6 Rolyoke yoke place...
...Harvard Aeronautical Society has recently elected C. Knotts 3L. vice-president and P. C. Borre Sp., corresponding secretary, to fill vacancies due to resignations. The former is one of three American aces who are now in the University, while Borre is a former officer of the Aero Club of Massachusetts...
During the war, Mr. Sperry held the chairmanship of three different committees under the Naval Consulting Board. He is a member of a number of important mechanical and electrical societies and one of the founders of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers and the American Electro-Chemical Society. The Aero Club of France awarded him first prize in 1914, and in 1915 he took the Grand Prize at the San Francisco International Exposition for gyro-compass and gyroscopes. One of the most interesting of Mr. Sperry's awards is his decoration for navigational equipment by the late ex-Czar Nicholas...
Early this week the new Curtis OXX-6 engine for the seaplane owned by the Aero Club will be installed. For about two weeks the plane has not been in commission, as a connecting rod broke while flying over Lynn harbor and carried away part of the crankcase. The new engine arrives in time to allow the club to complete the training for a pilot's license, of the fortunate one of its members who was selected this spring...