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...well as beginners, will have a chance to compete, instruction being given in the Waco F open bi-plane, Warner engine; this ship which was purchased last May, is at present the only one in the possession of the club. The officers of the Flying Club are Thomas Eastland '33, president, and Brown, treasurer...
...accidents, occurring within ten days of each other, have naturally had a great effect on the Flying Club aside from the loss of the two ships, out according to the president, T. B. Eastland, '33, every effort will be made to carry on. The last plane to crash, a type of ship new in the east, was being flown at the time by men representing an aviation company which had borrowed the ship for demonstration purposes. For this reason, no action is expected by college officials...
According to Eastland, there was every reason to believe that the club insurance policy would cover the crackup of the training ship last Sunday. The first plane was not insured. With the insurance money and what is at present in the club treasury, a new airplane will be purchased within the next three weeks if possible...
...flew the machine here from Kansas are T. B. Eastland '33, and Robert Gilmore '31, who made the trip out there as guests of the Transcontinental and Western Air Company. On the return trip, which took six days, they were marooned two days at Cleveland, and one day at Indianapolis. The route taken after arriving at Cleveland, was the same as that used by the Chicago-New York airmail lines...
Results of the Flying Club elections at their annual dinner on Wednesday were announced yesterday to be as follows: T. B. Eastland '33, president Robert Gilmore '31, vice-president: S. R. Foster '32, secretary: A. M. Brown '34, treasurer. A board of electors was also chosen: R. B. Bell H. Charles Morgan Jr. '33, C. C. Rumsey '33. The election committee for the following year is to consist of S. S. Adams '33, A. M. Brown '34, S. R. Boster '32. Howard Lapsley '33, and C. C. Rumsey...