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...Speedway of that city between June 9 and July 4. The entry of 14 contestants is assured. Those pilots who finish first, second, third, will represent the United States in the international James Gordon Bennett trophy race at Brussels in September. At Toulouse, Georges Barbot took off in a glider, remained in the air 15 minutes, and landed-without the aid of a wind. This because the glider was equipped with a 7-horsepower auxiliary motor...
...gliding. People on a London common saw a strange sight-an elderly gentleman playing with a toy aeroplane. He was Dr. E. H. Hankin, M. A., D. Sc., author of Animal Flight (a book dealing with the science of living flight), and he was experimenting with a model glider...
...Harvard Aeronautical Society, which was founded in 1908, is one of the oldest aviation organizations of its kind in the country. From experimenting with the old type of glider, the society has done much interesting work with motor planes, which has culminated in the recent purchase of a seaplane and in plans to train pilots for service at Framingham...
...interested in aviation and would like to join should leave their names at Weld 2 any time within the next week. The members of the Society have opportunity to make trips to various aeroplane factories, hear many interesting lectures on aeronautics, and use the Society's glider. The annual membership...
...society are: A. H. Andrews '20, president; H. W. Craver '19, vice president; S. N. Stevens '20, secretary-treasurer. One more meeting is planned before the recess. A movement has been started in the society for the creation of a course in aeronautics in the University. Experiments with a glider, which were carried on by members last year, will be continued...