CTflyer
Joined: 28 Mar 2006
Posts: 286
Location: eastern Connecticut
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| Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 6:13 pm Post subject: Gone West |
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Captain John Miller has gone West.
1905-2008. Taught himself to fly in 1923 by reading "Aerobatics" by Capt. Horatio Barber; last flight in his Bonanza was two years ago ... when he was only 100. His life covered the development of commercial aviation; he actually watched Glenn Curtiss fly down the Hudson River to NYC in 1910, watched Lindbergh fly off for Paris in 1927, and retired from Eastern Airlines in 1963.
http://www.eaa.org/news/2008/2008-06-24_miller.asp
http://frobbi.org/dcpa/JohnMiller.html (Capt. Miller tells his story)
John Miller, in 2002 when he was inducted into the Vintage Aircraft Association Hall of Fame at the tender age of 97. |
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