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Turpin [and] Lt. T.D. Milling (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

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  • Average Steel said:
    texashistory.unt.edu/data/SUM2006/MMPL/box4_us_army/meta-...
  • inquisitive hope said:
    "Pilot and co-pilot seated in biplane on an airfield....after breaking American duration and distance record by flying from Texas City to San Antonio on March 28th and back to Texas City on March 31, 1913." texashistory.unt.edu/data/SUM2006/MMPL/box4_us_army/meta-...
  • Dave Dunn of Ohio said:
    Quite possibly seated in a Wright B Flyer. Control stick and cross wire supports similar. Pilot and co-pilot sits side by side. Wrights were marketing their Wright B Flyer at this time. See www.wright-b-flyer.org for reblica pics
  • TVL1970 said:
    The caption on the print is incorrect. On the right side of the photo is seated early aviator J. Clifford Turpin in what is likely a Wright Model B aircraft. Turpin was an instructor at the Wright School at the time (future Brig. Gen.) Thomas DeWitt Milling was a student there in 1911. Both Turpin and Milling would lead distinguished careers in aviation. J. Clifford Turpin earlyaviators.com/eturpin.htm Thomas DeWitt Milling earlyaviators.com/emilling.htm
  • Richard Norton said:
    Thomas DeWitt Milling (July 31, 1887 - November 26, 1960) was a pioneer of military aviation and a brigadier general in the U.S. Army Air Corps. He was the first rated pilot in the history of the United States Army Air Forces. He received his flight training from the Wright Brothers and was awarded Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) pilot certificate No. 30 on July 6, 1911. Although Milling was not the first U.S. Army aviator, he was the first to be rated according to FAI rules and received Military Aviator Certificate No. 1 on July 5, 1912. Milling also received the first badge awarded to an American military aviator in October 1913. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_DeWitt_Milling en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Clifford_Turpin

J.M. Johnson in Bleriotype [plane] (LOC)

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  • Wystan said:
    Louis Bleriot, of France, made the first flight across the English Channel in a monoplane, on July 25, 1909, landing near Dover in England. J. M. Johnson was present with others at Dover to greet him. Is this that J. M. Johnson? Was he an Englishman?
  • presquilien said:
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  • Jonboy270 said:
    No Ailerons on the wings. These wings must have somehow twisted, to change air surface, to roll.

W.R. Kimball & aeroplane (LOC)

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  • Accessible Jelly said:
    Presumably Wilbur R Kimball who made some fantastic looking machines: www.earlyaviators.com/ekimball.htm
  • Wystan said:
    Wilbur R. Kimball, pilot, inventor, airplane builder, aviation pioneer, was Secretary of the Aeronautic Society of New York.
  • Wystan said:
    Another Bain/LOC photo gives us a closeup glimpse of Wilur R. Kimball:
  • Richard Norton said:
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilbur_R._Kimball
  • Early Aviation said:
    Kimball was one of the first to rent a hangar at Belmont Park (New York) racetrack in 1911. Kimball tested this aircraft at Belmont Park during June and July 1911. This photo was taken at Belmont Park. The names of the aviator's from the October 1910 International Airmeet are still visible on the hangars. Kimball never received a pilot's license from the Aero Club of America.