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...assets of the society are considerably larger than last year, extensive plans are being made. A permanent hangar, which will hold two machines, and an artificial slope will be built at Squantum, where most of the experimental work will be carried on. The society's glider will be equipped with effective controls so that it can be used for free flights from an elevation. It is also planned to remodel the Roe triplane and to use in this the 30 horsepower engine which Mr. Roe used at the Squantum meet. If enough money is available, a different system of control...
...result of the Squantum meet is undoubtedly the greatest testimony of the success of the society during the past year. The lectures by members of the Faculty, which are to be continued this winter, were highly instructive, in a popular as well as a scientific sense. Moreover, the apparatus which is now at the command of the society, offers a rare opportunity for all those interested in any branch of flight by means of planes. In one year the Aeronautical Society has won a place beside the largest aero clubs of this country...
...Aero meet at Squantum, in September Mr. Grahame-White proved to be the most versatile of the aviators, taking prizes in all but two events. He won first place in the speed trial, using his Bleriot monoplane; in the getaway, with a Farman biplane, and was first in the contest for accuracy in dropping bombs on a dummy battleship. In addition to this, he took second place in the trials for altitude, duration and distance, and won the Globe prize for a flight to Boston Light and back...
...most successful aeronautical meets ever held was conducted by the Aeronautical Society on its newly acquired field at Squantum from September 3 to 13. The meet showed New England its first public flying and aroused great enthusiasm in aeronautics in Boston and vicinity. From a financial standpoint it was also a success, and, although the expenditures nearly equalled the $126,000 taken in, it was one of the few meets which did not show a deficit at its close. Although arrangements had been made to hold it on Soldiers Field, when all the entries had been received it was found...
...SMITH, JR.N. H. 4 Excursion, Thursday, Oct. 29, to Squantum. Train from O. C. R. R. Station at 9.55 a. m.; return to Boston by 2.15 p. m. Walk about 7 miles. Railway fare about thirty cents...