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WIRELESS FROM AEROPLANE

^[[July 28  12]]

Lieut. Milling Sends Message From Machine to Field Station.

Lieut. [[ink underlined]] Thomas DeWitt Milling [[/ink underlined]] and George W. Beatty, the aviator, starred in tests of the new type C Wright aeroplane at the army aviation school at College Park Md., yesterday. It was a day of much activity. Flights started before 7 o'clock in the morning and lasted until sunset. 

In the time test, which opened the day's maneuvers, Beatty, with William Boulden as a passenger, ascended at 7:18 in the morning and stayed aloft two hours. With the velocity of the wind from 12 to 15 miles an hour, the test was considered remarkably successful.

Lieut. Harold Geiger had a speed mark of 53 miles per hour in his test, and then rose to an altitude of 2,000 feet in ten minutes. He will attempt to eclipse this record on Monday.

One of the most brilliant of the performances was that of Lieut Milling. Carrying a wireless instrument weighing 70 pounds in a cross-country flight, he sent messages to the wireless station on the aviation field. The feat was attempted on the orders of the wireless service department. 

The machine used in the maneuvers will be taken to New Haven. Conn., for the aviation meet of the army in August.
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