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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...bring its activities to the attention of all the Alumni the Flying Club has decided to keep its plane available during commencement week for the benefit of any graduates interested in aviation. A pilot will be at the airport each day and Alumni will be afforded an opportunity to inspect the plane and make short flights over Boston and Cambridge...
...Club pilots have now flown over 10,000 miles and carried 215 passengers without an accident of any kind according to the annual report presented by Treasurer M. N. Fairbank '28 at the final meeting of the club Tuesday evening. The first half year of operation of the club plane has been an unqualified success, both aeronautically and financially and the club has never been compelled to go outside its own membership for the funds with which to carry on its fight activities. With the assistance of dues and flight fees it has paid a quarter of the purchase price...
Interest in the club has been on the increase ever since it was founded two years ago by R. H. Jackson '26. A plane was purchased last December and the members of the club started flying in March. For the first time this spring it was decided to open the club membership to undergraduate competition and out of the 50 candidates who reported it was possible to select 14 men, bringing the present total membership to 37, 13 less than the constitutional quota...
Flying a straight course is as devoid of sensations as sitting in a placid hammock-except when the air is "bumpy." Air currents shooting up over hills and mountains, diving down over seashore cliffs and into valleys, make flying bumpy, cause a plane to rise or sink suddenly. Even on a day that is calm and sunshiny, there may be bumps...
Returning to earth is where the experience and "feeling" of the skilled pilot are most evident. Without looking at his instrument board, he can tell by the feel of his plane that he is traveling in a straight line parallel with the ground and is ready to land gracefully. An inexperienced pilot often fails to detect a wind that is causing his plane to drift sideways. This may account for a wrecked landing-gear, a crumpled wing. This is why planes, like pitching ducks, land directly into the wind whenever possible. A perfect landing is when the two wheels...