Harmon Wins Practically All the Amateur Prizes at Meet
The Harvard Boston Aero meet ends with Clifford Harmon winning all amateur prizes including the bomb throwing cup and speed and duration cups. Grahame White dominates overall with 189 points, Curtiss engines failings mar events, Burgess sets best effort record, and field leased to Harvard Aeronautical Society for five years.
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Captains of the Air: Alliott Verdon Roe Profile
Aviator Alliott Verdon Roe from Manchester England, born 1877, a pioneer in English aviation, attended the Squantum meet. He built early aircraft, won prizes in London and Brooklyn, and co produced triplanes with his brother. Noted visitors from Studebaker praised Grahame-White and hinted Studebaker interest.
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Harmon wins four firsts at Harvard aviation meet
Clifford B. Harmon takes all four amateur event titles at the Harvard aviation meet on the Atlantic field. He earns trophies totaling 7500 dollars, matching professional aviators in standing. W. Starling Burgess wins the sole amateur second prize with a five second duration flight, while Harmon's slow laps finish nearly a minute faster than his fast laps.
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Aviators Lost in Fog Over Hempstead Plains
Joe Seymour in a Curtiss biplane and Ted Schriver in a Howard Dietz biplane were lost in dense fog over Hempstead plains. They kept high to avoid obstacles and used engine noise to detect each other, making four and three cross country flights respectively to regain bearings.
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Boats Crash Off Commercial Point During Air Show
A power boat named Edna collided with a power tender operated by William Borden near Dorchester Bay while spectators watched planes at Squantum. Borden narrowly escaped injury as his vessel sustained minor damage. The Edna, owned by John McLee of Dorchester, was also damaged.
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Dedham polo fans watch Farman biplane display
Spectators Charlie Bryant and Bob MecQuillen of the Dedham polo club watched the Farman biplane. Moses Williams, also from Dedham, showed interest while Ivers Adams, Harvard athlete of 1895, praised the flight and planned to buy a monoplane.
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Farman
Ivers Adams
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