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MILLING, T. DEWITT, BRIG. GEN. USAF - BIOG. FILE - FOLDER NO. 3 ITEM NO. 10A

[[stamp]]SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
NATIONAL AIR MUSEUM[[/stamp]]

THE BOSTON HERALD
BOSTON, MASS.
SEPTEMBER 5th, 1911

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WINNERS DESCRIBE GREAT TRI-STATE AIR RACE
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By EARLE L. OVINGTON.

"I had one great flight in the best possible weather conditions, and am sorry that I did not have others in the contest to make it more exciting. I did not have to work my motor at its greatest efficiency, and for the greater part of the trip simply 'joyrode.'

"Practically throughout the trip I held a compass in my hand and disregarded railroads, highways and rivers as guiding points. As soon as I left Boston I steered by compass directly for Nashua. The landing there was simple, and after a short rest I started on the most dangerous part of the trip.

"Soon after leaving Nashua I was over thick woods for about 10 miles, where motor difficulty would have meant the picking of the bushiest tree in sight and trusting to the branches to keep the monoplane from falling through. All went finely, however, and after sailing over the big dam at Clinton I was soon in Worcester.

"The getaway at Worcester was easier than I expected, but Providence was the limit. I was greeted there by Gov. Pothier of Rhode Island, and the crowd packed around me so that it was not until I had used a megaphone to ask them to clear a path that I got away, even then the space being only about 30 feet wider than my machine and only 100 yards long.

"Over the Blue Hills I reached the highest altitude to which I ever climbed, 7500 feet, and from there made a long volplane to the field, which I could best distinguish, after mistaking an island lower down the coast for Moon island by the flash of the bombs.

"The crowds about the course have been the largest I ever saw. Milling's flight is corking, and is a splendid example of what the army can do with aviation when it really gets after it.

"That Gnome engine never skipped once during the entire flight, and I didn't have it full open save at times. A lot of the credit of this flight must be given to my mechanicians, Alfred Panier and Rene Peroy, whose nursing of the motor made success possible.

"I am glad to have made the flight in my home territory and to have been accorded the glorious reception the crowds gave me all along the line.

"I am sending my entry in the cross-continent flight, a project I have contemplated for some time, and am ready to start for the Pacific coast any time. I shall use my Bleriot, and have carefully studied out my route. I am confident of being successful."
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By LIEUT. T.D. MILLING, U.S.A.

"I am sorry I lost my way to Nashua, for it cut down my elapsed time materially. I didn't have any great difficulty after again picking up my route after coming back nearly to Boston. I flew at about 2000 feet altitude except between Worcester and Providence, when I went up another 1000 feet.

"You New Englanders can certainly get out crowds along the route. I never saw so many people at a cross-country flight, and at providence I was nearly mobbed. The demonstration at the field was enough to warm any one up to the enthusiastic standpoint.

"I can't say too much about the aeroplane I used. It went along beautifully, and I didn't have a sign of trouble. The flight appeals to me greatly from the military standpoint, as showing the real practical use of the aeroplane for scouting."
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