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(Cont'd) She crashed to her death in our first exhibition.
It wasn't until 1913 that I had any bad crashes of any kind. During that year while flying at Madison Wisconsin I crashed and received injuries which necessitated a several months lay off.
Although my flying days ended completely as far as being a pilot, in 1917, I still retain an active interest in the development in aviation. Coming down here to the National Air Show seems like Old home week to me for so many of the old timers are here. Over at the Grand Central Palace, I've met Bud Mars, Capt Wild, Hank Miller and dozens of others whose names were famous in the early days of aviation. That organization of Early Birds is composed of what is left of the men who made aviation. From their day to the present is a long cry, but the job is being ably carried on. I like to remember that I had some small part in its development.
TROUT: Thank you, Miss Scott - a new world has come into being since the days of that first [[strike out]] transcontinental [[strike out]] flight by a woman pilot - a new world of speed and distance - a world in which high altitudes are no longer a locked mystery, but have become familiar country MORE)#