Word: mineola
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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...
Kelton and Gregg, who had flown from Framingham Friday morning, were obliged to land in an uninhabited part of Long Island because their gasoline had given out; before they could get the right kind of fuel and cover the remaining distance to Mineola it was already past 7 o'clock. Incidentally, because no report of their arrival came through to Boston until the Crimson telegraphed to Colonel Moose, commanding officer at Mitchell Field, the next day, considerable anxiety was caused in Cambridge over their non-arrival. Tuckerman, who had been saved for the altitude event, did not compete because this...
Yale won the air meet held yesterday afternoon at Mineola under the auspices of the Army Air Service, the American Flying Club and the Intercollegiate Flying Association by collecting nine points in the five events. Williams came second with 6 points, while Princeton and Columbia tied for a close third with 5 points each. The University fliers failed to place in a single event...
Three of the six fliers from the University took the air route to Mineola Thursday, flying in Army planes from Framingham, making the trip in 2 1-2 hours. The planes flown down, which will be used in the race, were Curtis JH-6H biplanes with Hispano motors, a type of planes used in the Army for advanced training purposes...
...College flying day at Mineola...