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MILLING T. DEWITT, BRIG. GEN. USAF. - BIOG. FILE - FOLDER NO. ITEM NO CLEAVING THE SKIES SINCE THE BIRTH OF AVIATION THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS [[image of mountains with capitol building in a city]] DENVER, COLO. MONDAY, FEBRUARY, 29TH, 1932 [[newspaper clipping]] THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS Colorado's First Newspaper-Since 1859 VOLUME 73: NO. 60 DENVER COLO, MONDAY, FEBRUARY, 29TH, 1932 PRICE THR Cleaving the Skies Since the Birth of Aviation Maj. Thomas DeWitt Milling, who was taught to fly by the Wright brothers, is known as the father of military aviation. Major Milling is now in Fitzsimons Hospital. Upper left: Milling, then a lieutenant, giving instructions on a Curtiss plane in 1911. Upper right: Milling in a Burgess-Wright plane in 1911. He is the third from the left. Center left: Milling and Orville Wright. Center: Milling as he is today. Center right: Milling taking instruction in 1911. Below: Milling flying a tailless plane in 1914, such as the Germans recently have been experimenting with as the latest development in aviation [[image- black & white photograph of Milling giving instructions on a Curtiss plane]] [[image- black & white photograph of Milling in a Burgess-Wright plane]] [[image- black & white photograph of Milling and Orville Wright]] [[image- black & white photograph of Milling current day]] [[image- black & white photograph of Milling taking instruction]] [[image- black & white photograph of Milling flying a tailless plane]] [[/newspaper clipping]]