FLYING CLUB HAS INITIAL MEETING TODAY AT UNION

The first meeting of the year for the Harvard Flying Club will be a luncheon held at 1 o'clock today at the Union. Plans for the coming year will be discussed, and a competition of five weeks duration will be opened. Men interested in the work of the Club are invited to attend the initial meeting.

Last year the Flying Club was very influential in helping to advance-knowledge of aeronautics among the students in the University, and it is expected that the progress in this direction will be given added impetus during the current year. A new plane has been purchased and six members have qualified as pilots. They are R. W. Ayer '28, W. N. Bump '28, M. N. Fairbanks '28, R. E. Gregg '28, F. P. Sproul '29, and Eric Wood '29.

New Plane a Curtis Travelair

The new plane is a Curtis Travelair 0xx6, a more powerful machine than the one formerly in the possession of the Club. It was purchased at Wichita, Kansas, and flown to Boston by A. N. Pabst 3L. and M. N. Fairbank '28 in a successful five-day trip, in which the only mishap was a forced landing at Troy, N. Y., caused by a small leak in the fuel tank.

Since its arrival at the East Boston Airport last Tuesday, the machine, a biplane, has been in the Aero Show in the Mechanics Building, where repairs to the motor during show hours attracted especial attention.,

10,000 Miles of Flying Last Year

The Club last year had a record of over, 10,000 miles of flying without an accident. This year support from, the graduates will be solicited and a graduate committee of 20 will be formed.

So successful has the Club been, that G. L. Cabot '82, one of the first Harvard men to become interested in aviation, has sent in congratulations for the very creditable performance and has proffered his assistance.