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Cecil Paoli and Thomas Scott Baldwin are both mentioned in this NYTimes article about a Times airplane derby: (Oct 3, 1913). query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9A03E1DF133FE6... Click on Baldwin tag to learn more about him. The name of Robert Fowler turns up as an aviator in several NYTimes stories of the era. Here is a story of how he flew across the US in a Wright Bros plane (took him over 35 days of flying): select.nytimes.com/mem/archive/pdf?res=F40F10FF3955167A93...

Cecil Peoli, early aviator, died in a crash in Maryland, 1915--see Early Aviators. Seems likely he is shown here with the Baldwin Red Devil airplane--the diagram looks close, if not identical, to the photo above.

I started a Wikipedia entry for him: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecil_Peoli

Cecil Peoli Aero Club of America Pilot# 141 June 22,1912 Baldwin biplane Mineola, Long Island , New York. Peoli was a student of Thomas Baldwin Aero Club of America Pilot # 7

Cecil Peoli flew in Venezuela in April 1914. He was the first man to cross 'El Avila', the mountain that separates Caracas from La Guaira, and at the same time transported the first air mail in Venezuela (5 letters given to him by Carlos Montaubán). www.aviacioncivil.com.ve/cecil-peoli-el-nino-aviador-que-...

Thomas Scott Baldwin en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Scott_Baldwin

undeadsinatra: Thanks for the information!

Baldwin "Red Devil" All Steel Biplane except cloth on wings 1911 Mineola, Long Island, New York. ( Garden City Aviation Field ) This was the third "Red Devil". This aircraft was built by C.and A. Wittemann of Staten Island, New York to Baldwin's design.

Thanks for this added information about the plane, Early Aviation. We'll add some of it to the record the next time we update.