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and I had langouste which they call crawfish here. 
Afternoon visited [[red underline]] U.S. Naval Aviation Station. [[/red underline]] Commanding officer Capt. [[red underline]] Mitchell. [[/red underline]] He and [[red underline]] chief officer [[/red underline]] in charge of aviation conducted me around place. Ground recently filled in by dredging. Hangars still under construction. Barracks finished. [[strikethrough]] Many [[/strikethrough]] Only about [[red underline]] 20 student [[/red underline]] aviators - Officer in charge a [[red underline]] Columbia graduate. [[/red underline]] Everything seems well conducted and every external of strict - discipline. Saw wrecked machine of two weeks ago.
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another machine had just landed this morning with [[much?]] [[red underline]] damaged [[/red underline]] but aviator had not sustained injuries. On examining fuselage I saw [[strikethrough]] if [[/strikethrough]] it was made with pressed [[red underline]] canvass [[/red underline]] impregnated with [[red underline]] bakelite [[/red underline]]
[[red underline]] Celine [[/red underline]] and [[red underline]] Nina [[/red underline]] had their last supper on board. We had just finished when [[red underline]] Mrs. David Fairchild, daughter of Alexander Graham Bell came aboard for a little chat [[/red underline]] 
Later on accompanied [[red underline]] Celine [[/red underline]] and [[red underline]] Nina [[/red underline]] to their 7:50 PM train
[[black underline]] April 3 [[/black underline]]
Left at 6:10 AM this morning for [[red underline]] the Keys. [[/red underline]] Beautiful