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AMERICA'S GREATEST COMIC WEEKLY  SUNDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1939

HALL OF FAME OF THE AIR BY CAPT. EDDIE RICKENBACKER AND CLAYTON KNIGHT
Registered U.S. Patent Office

BLANCHE STUART SCOTT
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SHE WAS THE FIRST WOMAN EVER TO FLY AN AIRPLANE AND ONE OF THE FEW WOMAN MEMBERS OF THE "EARLY BIRDS", AN ORGANIZATION OF PILOTS WHO FLEW BEFORE 1914.  HER FIRST FLIGHT WAS MADE IN 1910, AND IT WAS UNTIL UNTIL THE SPRING OF 1912, THAT THE SECOND AMERICAN WOMAN, HARRIET QUIMBY, TOOK TO THE AIR ALONE

WHEN SHE STARTED IN AVIATION THERE WAS NO DUAL INSTRUCTION.  THE PUPIL WAS ALLOWED TO "TAXI" UNTIL FAMILIAR WITH THE CONTROLS.  A "GOVERNOR" CONTROLLED THE MOTOR'S SPEED.  SHE PERSUADED A MECHANIC TO STEP-UP THE MOTOR AND BEFORE SHE KNEW IT, WAS FORTY FEET UP, THE FIRST WOMAN TO FLY
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AN EXAMPLE OF THE UNCERTAINTIES OF FLYING IN 1911, IS AN INVITATION TO A "MUSICALE" WHICH READ: "MISS SCOTT WILL ALIGHT IN HER AIRPLANE BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 2:30 AND 6 P.M. FOR TEA."  SHE ARRIVED SAFELY AND ON TIME
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SITTING OUT IN THE FRONT OF THE AIRPLANE OF 1911, ON WHAT WAS CALLED THE "UNDERTAKER'S CHAIR", REQUIRED SPECIAL CLOTHES FOR DAREDEVIL WOMAN AVIATORS AND MISS SCOTT'S COSTUME WAS MADE BY A FIFTH AVENUE TAILOR
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IN 1937, SHE WAS THE GUEST OF THE NATIONAL AIR SHOW IN NEW YORK AND CAME FROM ROCHESTER, N.Y. BY AIR.  IT WAS HER FIRST EXPERIENCE AS A MODERN AIR-LINE PASSENGER
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Copyright 1919
E V Rickenbacker
King Features Syndicate, Inc.
World rights reserved


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CUT OUT THE FUSELAGE, WING AND TAIL WITH SCISSORS AND THEN CUT THE SLOTS (A) AND (B) WITH A SHARP KNIFE.  CURVE THE PARTS TO THEIR PROPER SHAPE OVER A ROUND PENCIL.  NOW, SLIDE THE WING (A) INTO SLOT (A) AS FAR AS THE DOTTED LINE (A).  THEN THE TAIL PLANE (B) GOES INTO SLOT (B) AS FAR AS THE DOTTED LINE (B).  BEND THE TIPS OF THE WING UP VERTICALLY, ON THE DOTTED LINE.  NEXT BEND THE TABS MARKED (X) BACK AND PASTE ON A STIFF CARDBOARD UPON WHICH YOU HAVE PAINTED SKY AND CLOUDS