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http://www.anapatriotsquadron.com/squantum.htm wrote:In addition to the Aero Meets/Air Meet, Squantum was the location of the first Intercollegiate Glider Meet in May 1911. This event, the first of its kind in America, featured gliders that were built and flown by students from a number of colleges around the country such as Harvard, MIT, Tufts, etc. To work around the fact that Squantum has no elevations, the sponsors of the Intercollegiate Glider Meet erected a swiveling wooden ramp on the Harvard Aviation Field to allow the participants to launch their craft into the wind regardless of its direction.
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