Word: kelton
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...reasons why the University Aeronautical Society failed to score in the air meet at Mineola Friday was that only three of the six men entered were able to fly. E. H. Kelton, Occ., D. Gregg, 4 E.S., and R. Tuckerman '20 took no part in the flights. L. T. Lanman '20 and J. B. Garver, 1L., entered the race, but an inferior machine kept them far in the rear over the entire course. R. B. Varnum, Occ., placed fourth in the acrobatics but did not score...
Fliers from Yale, Princeton, Columbia, Williams, and the University will this afternoon compete for supremacy in the air when "The College Flying Day" opens at Mineola with a 100-mile cross-country race. E. H. Kelton, Occ., captain of the University fliers, and D. Gregg, 4 E.S., are entered by the Aeronautical Society in this race, the first of the six events on the program...
...fliers on the University team have had considerable experience in the air. Kelton, captain of the team, was attached to the 185th Squadron in France, while the other five either saw service in France as pilots, or as instructors on flying fields in this country...
...Flying Day for Reserve Officers to be held Friday afternoon at Mineola, Long Island, has been announced. The choice comes as the result of the trials held at the Army Flying Field in Framingham by Lieutenant-Colonel Drennan. The team is made up as follows: First Lieutenant E. H. Kelton, Occ.; First Lieutenant R. Blynn Varnum, Unc.; First Lieutenant D. Gregg, 4ES.; First Lieutenant J. B. Garver, 1L.; Second Lieutenant L. T. Lanman '20, Second Lieutenant R. Tuckerman '20. All of these officers served as pilots during the war, either in flying fields in the country or in France...
There are six events on the schedule Friday afternoon, all of which are designed to test above all the proficiency of the fliers. The events and the men entered in them follow: 100-mile cross-country race, Kelton, Gregg; acrobatic and manoeuvring, Varnum; landing to a mark, Lanman; alert competition, Garver; altitude flight, Tuckerman; manoeuvres, Varnum. At a meeting of the Intercollegiate Flying Association Saturday prizes will be awarded the winners...