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![Novice Aviator Plunges to Death on Nassau Field as He Dares Ever Dangerous Feat of Turn to Right [New York Herald, 26 September 1911]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTEvMDEvMDEvbm92aWNlLWF2aWF0b3ItcGx1bmdlcy10by1kZWF0aC1vbi1uYXNzYXUtZmllbGQtYXMtaGUtZGFyZXMtZXZlci1kYW5nZXJvdXMtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/320/701/jpg "Novice Aviator Plunges to Death on Nassau Field as He Dares Ever Dangerous Feat of Turn to Right [New York Herald, 26 September 1911]")
![Oldest of Aviation Records Is Smashed at Nassau Boulevard by Lieutenant Milling, an Army Flier [New York Herald, 27 September 1911]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTEvMDEvMDEvb2xkZXN0LW9mLWF2aWF0aW9uLXJlY29yZHMtaXMtc21hc2hlZC1hdC1uYXNzYXUtYm91bGV2YXJkLWJ5LWxpZXV0ZW5hbnQtbWlsbGluZy02NDAuanBn/40/78/webp "Oldest of Aviation Records Is Smashed at Nassau Boulevard by Lieutenant Milling, an Army Flier [New York Herald, 27 September 1911]")
![Army and Navy Aviators Open Nassau’s Meet [New York Herald, 24 September 1911]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTEvMDEvMDEvYXJteS1hbmQtbmF2eS1hdmlhdG9ycy1vcGVuLW5hc3NhdXMtbWVldC1uZXcteW9yay1oZXJhbGQtMjQtc2VwdGVtYmVyLTE5MTEtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/220/webp "Army and Navy Aviators Open Nassau’s Meet [New York Herald, 24 September 1911]")
![Army and Navy Aviators Open Nassau’s Meet [New York Herald, 24 September 1911]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTEvMDEvMDEvYXJteS1hbmQtbmF2eS1hdmlhdG9ycy1vcGVuLW5hc3NhdXMtbWVldC1uZXcteW9yay1oZXJhbGQtMjQtc2VwdGVtYmVyLTE5MTEtMS02NDAuanBn/40/111/webp "Army and Navy Aviators Open Nassau’s Meet [New York Herald, 24 September 1911]")
![Wright’s Airship Falls! U.S. Army Officer Killed, Aviator Maimed [New York Journal, 18 September 1908]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDgvMDEvMDEvd3JpZ2h0cy1haXJzaGlwLWZhbGxzLXVzLWFybXktb2ZmaWNlci1raWxsZWQtYXZpYXRvci1tYWltZWQtbmV3LXlvcmstam91cm5hbC02NDAuanBn/40/48/webp "Wright’s Airship Falls! U.S. Army Officer Killed, Aviator Maimed [New York Journal, 18 September 1908]")
![Aviators Fall Into Sea Amid Crowd of Bathers [New York Tribune, 11 September 1911]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTEvMDEvMDEvYXZpYXRvcnMtZmFsbC1pbnRvLXNlYS1hbWlkLWNyb3dkLW9mLWJhdGhlcnMtbmV3LXlvcmstdHJpYnVuZS0xMS1zZXB0ZW1iZXItNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/134/webp "Aviators Fall Into Sea Amid Crowd of Bathers [New York Tribune, 11 September 1911]")
![Aviators Tumble Into the Ocean [New York Times, 11 September 1911]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTEvMDEvMDEvYXZpYXRvcnMtdHVtYmxlLWludG8tdGhlLW9jZWFuLW5ldy15b3JrLXRpbWVzLTExLXNlcHRlbWJlci0xOTExLTEtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/253/webp "Aviators Tumble Into the Ocean [New York Times, 11 September 1911]")
