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THE STATEN ISLANDER, NOVEMBER 20 1912

[[photo]] Miss Latourette and Ruth Law aboard Ruth's Wright machine[[/photo]]
[[photo caption]] MISS LATOURETT, TO LEFT AND MISS LAW, READY TO START SUNDAY AT OAKWOOD HEIGHTS.[[/photo caption]]

[[certificate]] Certificate of Flight. This is to certify that MISS FLORENCE E. LATOURETTE Made flight as passenger in my Aeroplane on Sunday, November 17th, 1912, at Oakwood Heights, Staten Island, N.Y.
Signed, RUTH BANCROFT LAW, Aviatress[[/certificate]]

[[photo]]group in front of Ruth's Wright biplane[[/photo]]
[[photo caption]] SNAPPED AFTER MISS LAW MADE A PERFECTLY SAFE LANDING[[/photo caption]]

[[photo]]group of men in front of a Wright flyer[[/photo]]

[[article text]]
FLIGHT A SUCCESS
WINNER OF STATEN ISLANDER COUPON CONTEST PROVES BRAVE AVIATRESS.
Ten-minute Flight Made by Miss Ruth Law with Miss Florence E. Latourette as a Passenger at the Oakwood Park Aviation Field --- Weather Was Far From Perfect for Ascent, But the Ladies Were Undaunted.
While the weather was far from perfect there was a large gathering of Staten Islanders and others interested in aviation at Oakwood Park Sunday afternoon.  The Staten Islanders were especially attracted by the fact that Miss Florence E. Latourette, who won The Staten Islander contest made a flight with Ruth Bancroft Law, the popular aviatress. Among them was a large delegation of the members of the Richmond S. and D. Club, lead by Miss Loretta Pfaff. Miss Latourette is a prominent and active member of this club, and her friends were an hand to cheer her ascension and welcome her return to terra firma.
The Staten Islander special, driven by William P. Tiernan, of the Reliance garage, left the "skyscraper" at St. George at 2 o'clock, arriving at the aviation park in ample time. All preparations had been made for the arial trip at 3 o'clock, the appointed hour, but a downfall of rain which lasted for some time caused a postponement.

Time to Go Up.
Just as soon as there came a break in the storm however, Miss Law undaunted by the weather and wind, ran out her pi-plane and Miss Latourette, showing hardly less bravery than did the experienced aviatress, took her seat and a pretty and graceful ascent was made. The aeroplane was in the air for nearly ten minutes and at one time reached and altitude of nearly a thousand feet. When they returned to earth Miss Latourette was showered with the congratulations that she had enjoyed her first trip in the air immensely.
"Did you talk?' was one of the hundreds of questions asked concerning her feelings while in the air.
"There is nothing to that not able to talk business in an aeroplane," she answered. "I could talk all I wanted to, but of course I did not want to annoy Miss Law with too much chaff."
"Oh! Miss Latourette can talk alright," said one of her friends within hearing distance." To this remark Miss Latourette gave answer with a cheerful smile.

Souvenir from Miss Law.
Miss Latourette yesterday received through The Staten Islander a souvenir from Miss Law reading as follows: CERTIFICATE OF FLIGHT. This is to certify that Miss Florence E. Latourette made flight as passenger in my aeroplane on November 17, 1912, at Oakwood Heights, Staten Island, N. P. (Signed) Ruth Bancroft Law.

[[photo]]Miss Latourette and Miss Law ascending in Ruth's Wright bi-plane[[/photo]]
[[photo caption]]GOING UP AT OAKWOOD HEIGHTS.[[/photo caption]]

AVIATOR IN SMASH; GIRL WELL-WISHER.
Pawtucket Crowd So Dense Jack McGee Is Forced Against a Tree.
(Special to The World.)
PAWTUCKET, R. I., Aug 26.---The right lower wing of Aviator Jack McGee's biplane struck a small tree that loomed up out of the dense crowd that was tardily falling back for his getaway for Newport shortly after noon to-day and was smashed.
Aided by Aviator Harry Waite, he is repairing the damage to-night preparatory to flying to Newport to-morrow morning to carry some of Mrs. Belmont's guests home in his aeroplane after dinner.
McGee will hand Mrs. Belmont a message relating to the woman suffrage movement from Mrs. Thomas Pelham Curtis of Boston.
Last evening McGee was driven out to sea by a thirty-mile wind after leaving Cliftondale, Mass. for Newport, and darkness compelled him to land on the race track at Readville. This morning he flew from Readville to Pawtucket, fog compelling him to alight here. At noon the aviator started out for Newport, but the crowd prevented a clean getaway. Several persons escaped injury by falling flat on the ground.
McGee will be in Newport all week, making daily flights and, it is reported, carrying passengers for a fee. Eleonora Sears and Mrs. Baldwin Cass, a society fencing instructor, intend to go up.
As McGee was starting on his flight
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[[partial photo]]Jack McGee[[/partial photo]]
[[partial photo]] Ruth Law[[?]]at the controls of her biplane[[partial photo]]

AVIATION TRIP FOR MISS LATOURETTE
WINNER OF CONTEST TO FLY WITH MISS LAW TO-MORROW
The Staten Islander aviation coupon contest closed on Thursday evening at 6 o'clock. The winner was Miss Florence E. Latourette, of No. 51 Simonson avenue, Port Richmond. It appears that many young men and women wish to go up in the clouds with Miss Ruth Law.
The contestants took hold of the idea in good shape and for a time it appeared that the ticket would go to Stapleton. The final result, however, gave the honor to Port Richmond.
The ascent will be made to-morrow afternoon at the aviation grounds, Oakwood Heights, When Miss Law will take Miss Latourette up in her airship and show her how Staten Island looks to the man in the moon.
When notified yesterday by the aviation coupon manager that she had won The Staten Islander contest, Miss Latourette smiled broadly and said:
"My friends have said that if I won the contest I would get afraid and stick to terra firma. You can say to the readers of The Staten Islander that I am going up with Miss Law on Sunday afternoon, November 17, at Oakwood Heights."
"I do not believe it," broke in one of Miss Latourette's intimate friends, Miss Loretta Pfaff, who happened to be present at the time. "You don't?" Well, just be there Sunday afternoon, and I will prove to you that I have courage enough said the aviation winner.
Miss Pfaff promised that she would have a large concourse of friends present to see Miss Latourette go up and come down.
The Staten Islander special car will leave the skyscraper, St. George, on Sunday at 2 o'clock to take Miss Latourette and her friends to the aviation field where she is expected to make the flight at 3 o'clock.

MISS RUTH LAW FLIES EVERY DAY
Miss Ruth law is doing great things at the aviation park at Oakwood Heights. She makes a flight every day, taking up passengers. A gold certificate is given each passenger signed by Miss Law, showing that the holder has had an aerial experience.
Miss Law is teaching the art of flying and makes special prices to those of Staten Island who are desirous of learning the art during the next two months.
In an interview with Miss law it was surprising  to learn that as high as $75,000 was made by a single aviator in one year. She further stated that it is as easy to learn to fly an aeroplane as it is to sail a boat. Miss Law says that next year will be the greatest season aviation has yet seen.

HERALD , SUNDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1912.
With Parachute Drops Mile From Aeroplane to Earth
[[photo]]Wright biplane in flight and inset of Ruth Law at the controls[[/photo]]
[[photo caption]]MISS RUTH BANCROFT LAW IN WRIGHT BIPLANE.[[/photo caption]]
F. R. Law Entertains 20,000 Spectators at Aeronautical Society's New Grounds.
WOMAN AVIATOR FLIES
Staten Island Girl Who Draws Lucky Number Goes Aloft with George W. Beatty
With six biplanes in varied flights, a sensational parachute drop, model aeroplane contests, a ball game and athletic field events, more than twenty thousand persons in the attitude of a good natured family at a village circus were entertained yesterday afternoon near Oakwood Heights, Staten Island, at the opening of the new ground of the Aeronautical Society. Mr. Mueller's band, of Staten Island, greeted the throng with national anthems at two o'clock, while a volley of small bombs on the field released a flock of toy balloons. The fife and drum corps of Stapleton cadets played with persistence until evening, continuing the strains of "Our Director" on the nine mile train ride from the little station.
Frederick Rodman Law, riding as passenger with Harry Bingham Brown in a Wright biplane, attained the height of 5,500 feet, and from this altitude dropped with his parachute to safety in a pasture four miles north of the aviation field.
The aeroplane appeared only as a small speck in the sky to the north when Law leaped from his seat with the parachute. It opened almost at once and began a graceful descent. When within one-half a mile from the earth the breeze caught the inverted white bowl and swayed the passenger as a pendulum to sharp angles. Once one side of the parachute appeared to collapse, but straightened when Law swung to the other side. He landed lightly on his feet.

Miss Law in Flight.
Miss Ruth Bancroft Law, of Providence, sister of the parachute jumper, and one of this year's new pilots, wheeled about the sixty-five acre field and over the waters of Princess Bay in a Wright biplane. George W. Beatty gave two exhibitions of banking, cut spirals from several heights and performed a "turkey trot" to please his audience.
Ther was enthusiasm for every event, but the applause of the day went to Miss Louise Steinert, of Egbert avenue, Egbertville, S. I.,  who drew the lucky number out of the 1,200 distributed in the grand stand, and was taken upon a flight by Mr. Beatty. Miss Steinert was the centre of an astonished group of Staten Island residents when she insisted that she would take advantage of ticket No. 150. She clutched the upright braces of the biplane and looked into space at the beginning. The she waved to her friends beneath her while six hundred automobile horns sent up a raucous greeting.
"Fine," she said when she alighted. "It is just like the circle swings at the beach.
In Captain Thomas S. Baldwin's "Red Devil" Horace Kemmerle opened the afternoon with a series of straight flights, banking and volplaning in the huge biplane. Later in the day the "Red Devil" made several circles of the field.
Dillon Hoffman, in Brown's biplane, attempted the feat of shooting toy balloons, which were released from the hangars and sped at fifteen miles an hour to the [[remainder of article cut off]]

FREE RIDE SKYWARD
LAST TWO DAYS OF CONTTEST FOR THE AEROPLANE FLIGHT.
Miss Ruth Law is Waiting With Her Airship to Take Winner of Coupon Contest Up in the Air from Oakwood Heights---She is on the Grounds Every Day and Has Opened a School for Aviation---Certificate Given to All Who Fly---Ascent to be Made Sunday.
This is the last call for the hustlers in the coupon contest for an aeroplane ride free of all cost at aviation park, Oakwood Heights, on Sunday. The contest closes to-morrow night and the fortunate holder of the greatest number of Staten Islander coupons, like that printed below, will get the prize.
Miss Ruth Law, the famous woman aviation expert, whose picture is printed in this issue, will take up the winner in her Wright biplane. Miss Law is the only professional woman flyer in this country. Her spectacular flights have been described in this and in other papers. 
Having established her headquarters at Oakwood, Miss Law is daily taking up passengers for a flight in the blue empyrean. All passengers are given a certificate signed by her.
This week she has added a new wrinkle and is now actually teaching people how to fly. That is, to manipulate the machine themselves. Miss Law is an enthusiast on the [[subject?]] of aerial travel and [[gave?]] [[remainder of article is cut off]]

Transcription Notes:
Photo pasted on the page looks like it might include Wilbur and Orville Wright in front of their Wright flier during its trials at Kitty Hawk, N.C.