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A [[?]] [[?]]!  Here is an echo from the past that will remind you of the days when flying was young - and we were younger.  Best of luck - Yours "Scroffy". [[/marginalia]]

THE DAILY PICAYUNE—NEW ORLEANS, SUNDAY, JULY 27, 1913.

"ONE OF THE WORLD'S FOREMOST AVIATORS"
LIEUT. T. DEW. MILLING, U.S.A., A NEW ORLEANS BOY, SO DESCRIBED IN GOVERNMENT REPORTS.--THE STORY OF HIS REMARKABLE WORK
BY JACKSON CAMPBELL, LIEUTENANT U.S.A.

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LIEUTENANT T. DEWITT MILLING
TOWN OF ALTA-LOMA TAKEN FROM A SCOUT AEROPLANE
LIEUTENANT MILLION & A PASSENGER IN HIS BIPLANE
READY TO FLY, THE WAR HYDRO
AVIATION FIELD, CAMPS & TEXAS CITY TAKEN FROM A SCOUT AEROPLANE
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[[caption]] Lieutenant T. D. Milling, the daring young aviator who is to fly the American machine in the international race for the Gordon Bennett cup in early September, was very timid as a little fellow, according to his father, R. E. Milling, a member of one of the most prominent law firms in New Orleans.
Although young, Milling is, perhaps, the most [[?]] of the [[incomplete]]
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WELL how is the sky pilot this morning?" said a major of engineers to an officer of the First Aero Squadron at Texas City.

[[?cers]] is at College Park, Maryland, near Washington.  In the winter months this school is moved down to Augusta, Ga., on account of the better atmospheric conditions found there during [[incomplete]]]

held on Long Island, where he again distinguished himself by carrying off the prize for a record flight of two hours, carrying two passengers—soldiers of the Twenty-ninth United States Infantry.  This award consisted of $1,000 and the handsome Wanamaker trophy.  At these meets Milling was on leave of absence from the army, and was flying as a private individual.  The experience he gained was of course very valuable to the government.  It [[?]] [[incomplete]]

weakness of one skid and the return was postponed until March 31.  The start was made on this date at 1:29 p.m. in a south-southeast wind of twenty miles per hour, which afterwards shifted into south.  The route followed was the same as in going over, and the landing was made at Texas City at 5:17 p.m.  The total time in the air was three hours fifty-seven minutes; the average velocity fifty-six miles an hour.

Second—The country from Texas City to Eagle Lake is flat and covered with saw grass.  It is practically treeless, except for belts of a few hundred yards in width along the banks of rivers.  From Eagle Lake to San Antonio there are forests with cultivated areas [[incomplete]]

45 gallons of gas and the same amount of oil was taken.  About 37 gallons were consumed.  The oil supply was ample for the trip.  With a full supply of oil and gas, the machine can be flown five hours without replenishing either.

Eighth—There are attached hereto barograph records of btoh trips, with a sketch of the route followed.

R. DeW. MILLING,
Second Lieutenant, Fifteenth Cavalry.
W. C. SHERMAN,
Second Lieutenant, Corps of Engineers.

Indorsements:
First Ind. Hdqrs. First Aero Squadron, Texas City, Tex., April 3, 1913.  To the C. S. O. of the army, through commanding general Second Division, Texas City, Tex.