Aeronautic Society of New York

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The organizational meeting of the then-called The Aeronautic Society of New York was 10 June 1908; it incorporated in July. Bulletin No. 1, "An Epitome of the Work of the Aeronautic Society from July, 1908, to December, 1909," was issued 1910; an interior title referred to the entity as The Aeronautic Society of New York. Bulletin No. 2, July 1911, the last bulletin, was issued by The Aeronautical Society, a name that had been used in advertisements at least since November 1910. The society claimed to be the first organization in the world formed for the practical pursuit of the problem of mechanical flight by man, the first to have given a public exhibition of flying machines (26 June 1909) and the first to have purchased one that could fly. From at least August 1908 through 1909, it leased an old racetrack at Morris Park, converting its sheds to workshops and aero garages and using the old clubhouse for meetings and its office; 24 heavier-than-air machines as well as several gliders and models were built were built there. The journal Aeronautics, published in New York, was the society's official publication, 1914-1915.

Lee S. Buridge, first president, starting 1908. Officers listed at end of 1909: President Buridge 1st, 2nd, and 3rd VPs Louis R. Adams, William J. Hammer, and Thomas A. Hill; secretary Wilbur R. Kimball; treasurer Dr. William Greene; assistant secretary and treasurer Clarence F. Blackmore. Membership totalled 80 at the end of 1908. In March 1909, the society advanced funds to Glenn H. Curtiss to build an aeroplane; Curtiss flew his Golden Flyer at the society's grounds 26 June 1909 and the society took delivery of the machine, which it later sent on tour through the U.S. and Canada. Hudson Maxim elected president at third annual meeting, 24 Feb. 1910. Was one of the 10 to 12 founders of the American Aeronautical Federation, 22 June 1910. At its first annual banquet, on April 27, 1911, 35 aeronautical models were exhibited and the society presented a gold medal to William Randolph Hearst for exceptional services to the science and art of aeronautics. The society relocated in 1910 and 1911. By 1916, it was called the Aeronautical Society of America.

Locations and addresses: At Morris Park (1908-1909). 1999 Broadway, NYC, location of weekly meetings; mailing address P.O. Box 28, Station D, NYC; and grounds at Garden City, Long Island (1910). 250 West 54th St., Eighth Floor, NYC, and aerodrome and aviation field, Mineola, L.I. (1911)

Sources

  • 1909 Jane's All the World's Aircraft 251; Bulletin No. 1 (1910)
  • 1910 NYT, 23-25 June; 1910 Aircraft, 1 Apr.
  • 7 Aeronautics (NYC) 186-187 (1910)
  • 1:1 Journal of the Aeronautical Society of America 9, 12-13 (1916)
  • 8 Aeronautics (NYC) 184 (1911)
  • National Union Catalog of Pre-1956 Imprints
  • WorldCat.org and WorldCat-OCLC


Organization names Aeronautic Society of New York; The Aeronautic Society; Aeronautical Society of New York; Aeronautical Society of America
Entity type
Country US
City New York City, New York
Affiliated with
Scope Local
Started aero 1908
Ended aero 1916, name change to Aeronautical Society of America
Keywords
Key people Lee S. Buridge, Hudson Maxim
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