Word: seas
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...telegram received last night from Paymaster General Samuel McGowan United States Navy, by W. V. Dougherty Occ., the University Aeronautical Society was informed that its bid for a sea plane had been accepted and that it is ready for immediate delivery. The plane is an Aeromarine 39B sea plane equipped with a Curtiss OXX 8-cylinder motor. The Society will have it in operation by the beginning of the spring recess. The plane will be kept at a hangar at Marblehead which has been loaned to the Society by the Burgess Airplane Company. The club also is planning to have...
...Aeromarine sea plane is a plane designed primarily for training purposes. It has dual control, wings pitched upward to prevent skidding and other features which have won for it the reputation of being the safest plane that the Navy ever flew. A speed of 65 knots can be attained in it. The Aeromarine has the pontoon beneath the lower plane which distinguishes it from the flying boat in which the cockpit is in the hull, and the motor above the pilots head. In the Aeromarine the engine is in front of the pilot...
Following a meeting of the executive board of the Unversity Aeronautical Society held Tuesday it was definitely announced last evening that the club will buy a sea-plane. The machine, which will be a Curtis F boat, will be purchased from the Navy and will be delivered by April 15. Pemberton beach will probably be the site selected for its hangar...
...gives us the swiftest mode of transportation ever known to mankind. No bird that flies can soar so high nor fly so fast. From the aviator the scientist has learned about the temperature above, about the gale that blows eastward at terrific speed seven or eight miles above the sea, about the pressure to human heart and tissues which high altitudes bring. From the aviator the world has learned that armies on land and navies at sea have met their master. The next great conflict between nations will be decided by their superiority...
...musical numbers, "Carnival of Cocoanuts" and "Arabian Sea," were composed by P. J. Philbin '20, while the rest are by M. H. Dill '20. Sixteen of the pieces played in the show have been arranged for dancing, and will be played exclusively for the dancing after each performance. The musical synopsis is as follows: ACT I. Scene 1. 1. Ella, Ella, Opening Chorus 2. Blue Blood Blues, "Efficiency" Jones 3. What Sort of a Hero, Ella 4. Let Me Have You Near Me, "Stuffy" Danforth 5. Someone to Cuddle, Ella and "Efficiency" 6. Your Knight, "Stuffy" and Ella Scene...