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As the eastern season ended Miss Scott went to Los Angeles, California, where she contracted to fly for Glenn Martin, using a Martin biplane with Hall-Scott engine. There she entered the Los Angeles Meet at Dominguez Field January 20th[[strikethrough]]th[[/strikethrough]] to 28[[strikethrough]]th[[/strikethrough]], 1912, after which she [[strikethrough]] entered [[/strikethrough]] participated in a flying meet held at the Emeryville Race Track, Oakland, California, February 17th through 25th. From there Miss Scott flew for two days at Sacramento where she was a contestant in a meet promoted by Dick Ferris. Also flying there were Martin, Fish, Kearny and Parmelee. Following this she flew with Martin and Charles Hamilton at Fresno, California, on April 13th and 14th, then at Marysville, California, continuing up and down the West Coast. 

That Spring Miss Scott and Lee Hammond performed in a motion picture [[strikethrough]] play [[/strikethrough]] "The Aviator and Autoist Race for a Bride," written by Israel Ludlow. Miss Scott was a contestant at the Boston Meet held June 29[[strikethrough]]th[[ strikethrough]] to July 7[[strikethrough]]th[[/strikethrough]], 1912. Also flying in this event were Martin, Beachey, Page, Freeman, Peck, Terrill, Hamilton, Fish and Harriet Quimby. Later in July she assumed management of the Gorman and Princess Theaters at Framingham, Massachusetts, but stated she would continue flying. In August Miss Scott prepared to make some flights at Cicero Field, Chicago, for a movie to be shown at the Orpheum, Keith and Procter circuits that winter. 

In the spring of 1913 Miss Scott joined the Ward Exhibition Team of Chicago, flying a Baldwin "Red Devil" at Cicero Field, now Midway Commercial [[strikethrough]] Field [[strikethrough]] Airport. After making daily flights there for some time she flew an exhibition at Madison, Wisconsin, and suffered a smash-up there, injuring her shoulder which reportedly prevented her from flying for some time. It is stated she owned an [[strikethrough]] aeroplane [[/strikethrough]] airplane until 1916, [[strikethrough]] but since [[/strikethrough]] and after giving up flying, Miss Scott [[strikethrough]] has [[strikethrough]] engaged in several avocations, including newspaper columnist, radio and television activities, and for a few years was consultant and public relations representative for the Air Force Museum at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio. She traveled for the Museum from Boston to San Francisco, publicizing the

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