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Blanche Stuart Scott (1885-1970), American aviator: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blanche_Scott She was also the first woman to drive from New York to San Francisco.

She looks formidable.

I created that Wikipedia article on her. Early aviators is my area of interest.

These photos and the wikipedia entry made me so interested, I bought the children's biography of Scott for my daughter--so thanks, Richard Arthur Norton!

Never received license from Aero Club of America.

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...

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