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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.

William R. Badger www.earlyaviators.com/ebadger.htm

Corrected below.

The photo of William Badger in the Baldwin "Red Devil" was taken in 1911 at Mineola, Long Island , also known as the Garden City Aviation Field. This is the same field Glenn Curtiss made his flights in July 1909 .The field in 1909 was called the Washington Avenue Field. Badger killed at Chicago International Aviation Meet August 15, 1911 US Pilot # 36 July 30,1911 Walden Hangar in photo is Dr. Henry Walden

Early Aviation: Thanks for providing us with more information here. We'll include the more precise location and date next time we update.

William Badger Aero Club of America Pilot # 36 July 30, 1911 Mineola Aviation Field

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...