Lt. T.D. Milling (LOC)
Bain News Service,, publisher.
Lt. T.D. Milling
[between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915]
1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.
Notes:
Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the
negatives or caption cards.
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
Subjects:
Air pilots
Format: Glass negatives.
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
General information about the Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain
Persistent URL: hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.09225
Call Number: LC-B2- 2201-2
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ozreison [deleted] (60 months ago | reply)
texashistory.unt.edu/data/SUM2006/MMPL/box4_u s_army/meta-...
memos to the future added this photo to their favorites. (60 months ago)
My Symbiosis [deleted] (60 months ago | reply)
"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_u s_army/meta-...
Dave Dunn of Ohio (60 months ago | reply)
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
J_CH* and StevPalmer added this photo to their favorites.
TVL1970 (38 months ago | reply)
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
vintageflapper added this photo to her favorites. (27 months ago)
Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (26 months ago | reply)
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
Anne (LOC P&P) (26 months ago | reply)
TVL1970 and Richard Arthur Norton: Thanks for providing more info. about these two. We'll include it next time we update.
Jaime Lee, MarjorieJCat, Mark Barendt, and beegilmore added this photo to their favorites.
Early Aviation (5 months ago | reply)
J. Clifford Turpin Aero Club of America Pilot# 22 T. de Witt Milling Aero Club of America Pilot# 30.