Aero Club of Baltimore
The Aero Club of Baltimore was formed and officers elected at a meeting at Baltimore City Hall, 30 Sept. 1909. It immediately sought affiliation with the Aero Club of America so as to make the aero clubs of both Baltimore and Washington eligible to jointly host the 1910 Gordon Bennett aviation race. Representatives of the Baltimore and Washington clubs then met on 1 October 1909 and selected a site at College Park, Maryland, to propose to the ACA for the meet. The committees representing the two-clubs in this venture amalgamated and took the name Washington-Baltimore Aviation Committee on 15 Oct. 1909. A constitution and bylaws were adopted and articles of incorporation were filed by Aero Club of Baltimore on 18 Oct. 1909. The ACA approved affiliation on 11 Nov. 1909.
The formation of the club with some 50 members the evening of 30 Sept. 1909 followed a citizens' meeting that morning at which J. Albert Hughes, Everard K. Pattison, and Charles S. Abell were appointed a committee to complete the preliminaries of organizing the club. Initial officers elected were Col. Jerome H. Joyce, president; James T. O'Neill, secretary; and Waldo Newcomer, treasurer.
Sources
- 1909 Baltimore Sun, 1, 2, 10 & 19 Oct.; 13 Nov.; 1909 WP, 1 & 2 Oct.; 1910 WP, 23 Jan; 5 Aeronautics 202 (1909); 1910 NYT, 24 May and 23 June; 2:11 Flying 34 (1913); 5 Flying 250 (1916); 6 Flying 498 (1917); 8 Flying 549 (1919); 9 Flying 50 (1920); ACA annuals (1911-1917, 1919)
Affiliated with: ACA, 1909, 11 Nov.
| Organization names | Aero Club of Baltimore |
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| Country | US |
| City | Baltimore, MD |
| Affiliated with | ACA |
| Scope | Local |
| Started aero | 1909 |
| Ended aero | 1920 or later |
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- Address: no fixed address (1911-1919)
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