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[[newsprint photograph]] [[caption]] MISS LAW SEATED IN HER AEROPLANE,]] [[/caption]] Miss Ruth Bancroft Law, sister of Henry Roadman Law, the parachute jumper, is in a peculiar quandary for an aviatrix. She feels she has succeeded in establishing a new altitude record for women, but she cannot be certain until the Aeronautical Society reads the barograph she carried and makes public the height she reached. Mme. Dietru, the daring French aviatrix, is credited with the present record. She climbed 3,100 feet above the surface of the earth in her biplane. This Miss Law thinks she has surpassed. At the meet of the Aeronautical Society at Oakwood Heights, S. I., Miss Law was the cyncaure of all eyes, when she announced that she was going after the altitude record her composure and daring astonished everybody. She was in the air nearly an hour and when at last she volplaned to earth experts who had watched her declared that she had undoubtedly ascended higher than 3,100 feet. But isn't it annoying not to know whether you are really the world's champion aviatrix until a lot of fussy old scientists have leisurely learned the barograph? Miss Law says that she will set a new record before she quits anyway. AVIATION STARS TO TAKE PART IN AIR REVIEW Big Meet Begins at Oakwood Heights, Staten Island, To-Day. RUTH B. LAW TO SEEK NEW ALTITUDE RECORD George Beatty Promises an Aerial Turkey Trot in His Machine While in Midair. With a dozen or more of the best known aviators, including Miss Ruth Bancroft Law, of Providence, competing to-day in the [[?]] tournament of the Aeronautical Society to be held at Oakwood Heights, Staten Island, many interesting competitions and exhibitions are promised. Miss Law will attempt in her Wright machine to reach a new altitude record for women. It is her ambition to soar to the height of a mile. In addition to marking the opening of the new aviation field, the meet has been arranged as an entertainment for the officers and men of the fleet, and it is expected that hundreds of them will be present. Frank T. Coffyn, who has recovered from the injuries sustained in an automobile crash in Central Park last spring, will fly with Robert J. Collier's hydro-aero-plane from Wickatunk, N. J., to Oakwood Heights. Mr. Collier, who is president of the Aeronautical Society, has loaned his machine to make this cross country flight of about thirty miles. An Aerial Review. One of the features of the meet will be an aerial review, in which all the machines taking part will fly in procession. So many machines have been entered that it has been necessary to hire extra tents for their housing. Frederick Rodman Law, a brother of Miss Law, of Providence, will jump with a parachute from Harry Bingham Brown's machine from a height of 2,000 feet. George W. Beatty will give an aerial demonstration of the "turkey trot." Beatty declares a birdlike dance can be done in an aeroplane. It is one of the most daring feats that has yet been attempted in an areoplane. Other Notables to Fly. Among others who will participate are Captain Thomas S. Baldwin, Cecil Peoli, O.E. Williams, of Scranton, and Dillon Hoffman, who will demonstrate sharp-shooting from and aeroplane. Among the members of the society's Board of Directors who are interested in seeing the new flying grounds established are :- Rear Admiral Peary, U. S. Navy; Captain W. I. Chambers, U. S. Navy; Orville Wright, Herman Metz, Captain Thomas F. Baldwin, Lee S. Burridge, W. J. Hammer, Issac Guggenhelm, John E. Sloane, Leo Stevens, Charles K. Hamilton, James M. Beck and J. C. Mars. MISS LAW PASSES TEST. At the Aeronautical Society's aviation [[?]] Oakland Heights, S. I., yesterday [[?]] Ruth Bancroft Law passed the tests [[?]] an international pilot's license, ob- [[?]] by Winthrop N. Southworth and [[?]]ortimer Delano for the Aero Club of [[A]]merica. Miss Law made an excellent [[fl]]ight in her Wright biplane despite a [[?]]ffy wind, making one landing within [[F]]ourteen feet of the mark. It was announced that the Aero Club [[w]]ill hold tests on November 23 or 24, for [[?]] new expert aviator's license. The trial [[photograph]] [[no caption]] READY TO FLY OVER STATEN ISLAND TO-DAY The Aeronautical Society this afternoon will mark with an aviation meet on Staten Island the opening of its new flying grounds at Oakwood Heights, the first within the city limits. A dozen of the leading aviators at present in the East are to fly, it is announced, and one of the features will be Miss Ruth Bancroft Law's attempt to ascend a mile in her Wright biplane, making an altitude record for women. The officers and sailors of the Atlantic fleet and the members of the Aero Club of America have all been invited to be guests of the society. Among those on the flying programme are Captain Thomas S. Baldwin, George W. Beatty, Harry Bingham Brown, Cecil Peoli, O. E. Williams, of Scranton, Pa.; Frederick Rodman Law, who is to jump with a parachute from Brown's biplane at a great height; Dillon Hoffman, who will demonstrate sharp shooting from an aeroplane, and Frank T. Coffyn, who will fly Robert J. Collier's biplane from Wickatunk, N. J., across Raritan Bay to the Oakwood Heights grounds. At a meeting of the Aeronautical Society last night it was resolved to forbid flying over the grand stand on penalty of exclusion from further participation in the tournament. WILL SAIL IN SKY FOR SEA SAILORS. Aeroplane Fleet to Manoeuvre Above Staten Island in View of Navel Men. A fleet of a dozen aeroplanes manoeuvring at a height of 2,000 feet will be a feature of the aviation meet at Oakwood Heights, S. I., Saturday afternoon. This will be part of a programme arranged to entertain officers and sailors of the Atlantic fleet. The airships will be led by one handled by Miss Ruth Law, the only woman flyer in the meet. She uses a Wright machine despite the objections raised by the Wright brothers against flights by women. Among aviators who will put their machines through all the feats of the birdman's science are Capt. Thomas S. Baldwin, George W. Beatty, Harry R. Brown, Cecil Peoli, Samuel Bartor Horace Kemmerle, George O. Simmon and Mr. Weeks. LEAPS 2,500 FEET FROM AIRSHI[[P]] Frederick Law Lands Unhurt a[[t]] Oakwood Heights Aerodrome. The 3,000 persons who went to Oakwood Heights, Staten Island, yesterda[[y]] afternoon to the opening of the aerodrome of the Aeronautical Society sa[[w]] some good flying, although there was li[[t]]tle in the way of spectacular exhibition: The Aeronautical Society, being a scientific body, discourages all freak flying. Frederick Rodman Law, who went up as passenger with Harry Bingham Brown, made a leap from a height of 2,500 feet. Law in his descent could easily be see[[n]] working for a landing away from th[[e]] water. He came down about half a mil[[e]] northeast of the field. Earlier in the afternoon his sister, Mis[[s]] Ruth Law, in black satin bloomers an[[d]] a red sweater, made a flight of severa[[l]] minutes at an altitude of 600 or 700 fee[[t.]] Miss Blanche Scott, who was schedule[[d]] to fly from Governors Island to Grant'[[s]] Tomb, failed to get a machine. Miss Louise Steiner of Eghertville, wh[[o]] drew the lucky number for a free rid[[e]] went up as passenger with George Beatty. Another young woman refused the fr[[ee]] trip. [[photograph]] [[caption]] A passenger at Oakwood Height Field 1912. [[/caption]] [[photograph]] [[caption]] Oakwood Height Aviation Field left May 1913 [[/caption]] [[photograph]] [[caption]] Oakwood Height Aviation Field left May 1913 [[/caption]] [[photograph]] [[no caption]] [[photograph]] [[no caption]] [[photograph]] [[caption]] We charged admission to see the aeroplane thoses days before the flights [[/caption]] [[photograph]] [[caption]] My first fair engagement, Kingston. R. I. Sept 1912.[[/caption]] [[photograph]] [[caption]] The first time I flew out of a half mile race track. [[/caption]] [[photograph]] [[no caption]] [[photograph]] [[no caption]]
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