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"Here it is nearly Christmas time. Just four months ago today I took my first flight. And now I have nearly finished my training. I am flying the little chasse monoplane machines, and have finished acrobatics. Some sensations! The vrille or spinning nose dive, where the machine falls perpendicularly, spinning...
But that has gone. The uniform cap has replaced the gallant and beribboned straw. No more on candid headwear in the Yard is seen the vertical black and red stripes of the crew-man's ribbon. No more the horizontal stripes of the hockey man. Where are the straws of...
The Dolomites are not as dangerous as the Swiss snow-clad mountains. In the Tyrol they are from 10,000 to 12,000 feet high, and with one exception have a rocky surface. The climbing party is equipped with a rope and iron-nailed shoes. At 3 o'clock in...
Mr. Merrill began his lecture with a brief history of the development of the aeroplane, which is the only practical method of the three employed to elevate a heavier-than-air machine. The other two the use of vertical screws and the oscillation of wings, involve almost insoluble questions of...
The work of completing the Stadium, which is now being carried forward under the supervision of Professor I. N. Hollis, will follow in general the plans of the original design. A canopy, which will run the whole perimeter of the structure, will be built over the highest promenade. This canopy...