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AVIATORS FLY TO BENNING.

[[handwritten]] Sept 3 [[/handwritten]] [[handwritten]] 12 [[/handwritten]]

U. S. Army Officers Return to College Park Without Landing.

Lieut. [[underlined]] Thomas DeWitt Milling [[/underlined]] and Lieut. Harold Gieger, the young army aviators, thrilled the crowds at Benning yesterday when they circled over the race course in their machines, making several "death dips." They returned to College Park without making a landing.

Lieut. Milling covered about 20 miles, Lieut. Gieger about 32 miles, without landing. Lieut. Gieger operated the double control Curtiss machine, while Lieut. Milling flew a Wright.

Transcription Notes:
Harold Geiger's name is misspelled in this clipping.