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FLYERS' FIELD WET.

[[handwritten]] Aug 31  11 [[/handwritten]]

Army Aviation Station Resembles Poorly Drained Lake. 

The first day after the aviation field at College Park loses its resemblance to a poorly drained lake and the skies clear, Lieut. Commander Toombs, of the navy, will be given a ride in an army aeroplane, probably in the Wright machine of Lieut. Arnold. When the weather is better a flight will be made to Annapolis. 

Lieut. Commander Toombs visited the aviation field yesterday afternoon, but the field was too wet for a flight. There is talk at the aviation field of several cross-country flights to be made soon. Should the flights be delayed for a few days, Capt. Beck, in his Curtiss biplane, will be a member of the flying squad. Since his return from the Chicago aviation meet Capt. Beck has not made a long flight, owing to his poor physical condition, but he is anxious to be again in harness. 

A flight to Baltimore may be made next week. Lieut. [[underlined]] Milling [[/underlined]], the pilot pf the Burgess-Wright aeroplane, will probably be seen at College Park to-day, and if the rainstorms are broken will make a flight. For the past week Lieut. Milling has been at Marblehead, Mass., to inspect the Gnome aeroplane motor. 
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