Transcript John Miller - American Bonanza Society

John
Miller
100 Years
Young
December 15, 1905
Poughkeepsie, NY
ABS Member# 809
since March, 1968
1st ABS Board Meeting, June 27-29, 1968
May 2002 Interview
University of North Texas Oral History Program
Ruth Law
Early Transportation
Capt. Horatio Barber’s Plane
John Miller with JN-4 Jenny
John’s double solo . . .
powered by Curtiss OX-5 engine
John Miller with the Jenny he soloed in on his 18th birthday.
Miller (center) with Standard J-1, brother Erik and mother
Dickerson Field, Poughkeepsie, New York, June 8, 1928
John with rebuilt/remodeled J-1 biplane, before its test flight May 6, 1928
The lure of early flight . . .
Miller’s
Barnstorming
Scheme
New Standard biplane being refueled with the engine running. John is
standing up in the cockpit, ready to go.
The sum total . . .
John watches as his aircraft “Missing Link” is christened on May 24, 1931
John at Stinson Field, arriving for the ABS Convention in San Diego
John with two planes he has flow: EAL DC-3 #344 and UAL Boeing NC13369
“I guess my flying days are over.”
Final words of John Miller – June 22, 2008