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many Pennsylvania and Delaware pilots of that area and several members of the Essington Squadron of World War I Aces, including members of the 45th and the 143rd Air Corps, together with British and French students sent there for instruction. He later obtained Department of Commerce License No. 303. It is noteworthy that the Essington Water Flying Base is still in active operation today by Robert Mills, his brothers having given up flying some time ago. 

Early Bird and Flying Pioneer Frank Mills devoted the greater portion of his life to aviation and contributed much to its early development. As a mechanic, veteran pilot, instructor and base operator he was a great ambassador of flying. A cautious, experienced operator, he was a firm believer in safe flying and had few accidents. His name will long remain in the annals of aviation history. 

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