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PARK LANE APARTMENTS 202 CHESTNUT STREET ROCHESTER N,Y. 14607 MARCH 12 1965. MR. WILLIAM THOMAS GENERAL FEATURES CORPORATION 250 PARK AVENUE NEW YORK, N.Y. 10017 DEAR MR. THOMAS: IF YOU WILL REMEMBER WE MET LAST SEPTEMBER AT A PARTY AT THE BILTMORE AT THE "EARLY BIRD" REUNION IN THE WING CLUB AND TALKED ABOUT A BOOK I HAD IN MIND, AND A DAY OR SO LATER I TALKED WITH YOU ON THE PHONE ABOUT.IT. AT THAT TIME I HAD THE FIRST TWO CHAPTERS WRITTEN WHICH I SAID I DIDN'T LIKE AND I DIDN'T. RECENTLY, I STARTED ALL OVER AGAIN AND FEEL THE MATERIAL IS MUCH BETTER FOR WHAT I HAVE IN MIND, AND WOULD LIKE TO SEND THEM TO YOU FOR CONSIDERATION. THE BOOK WOULD BE WRITTEN FROM AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT ANGLE FROM ANY OTHER AVIATION BOOK I HAVE EVER HEARD OF OR READ. NAMELY FROM A HUMOROUS SLANT RELATING ALL THE FUNNY INCIDENTS THAT COME TO MY MIND IN THE VERY EARLY DAYS OF AVIATION HISTORY, AND A BOOK THAT WOULD APPEAL TO ALL READERS REGARDLESS OF THEIR PERSONAL INTEREST IN AVIATION. MOST BOOKS ALONG THESE LINES ARE DRY AND UNINTERESTING EXCEPT TO AIR MINDED PEOPLE, AND DO NOT MAKE MONEY, AND BEING A COMMERCIAL WENCH, I DON'T FEEL THE RETURN ON THEM IS WORTH THE EFFORT. IF YOU ARE STILL FAVORABLY INCLINED TO CONSIDER SUCH MATERIAL AFTER THE SEVERAL MONTHS SINCE WE TALKED ABOUT IT I WOULD APPRECIATE PROMPTREPLY AND COULD SUBMIT THE TWO CHAPTER MANUSCRIPT WITH IN A WEEK OR TEN DYS. WAITING YOUR CONSIDERATION I AM SINCERELY, BLANCHE STUART SCOTT AMERICA'S FIRST WOMAN PILOT.