New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-06

Ii takes only two hours 10 learn to ny,
according to Miss Harriet Quimoy, who re-
ceived "A license as an air pilot last
Tuesday at the Hampstead Plains aero
drome. and thus acquired the distinction Of
being the first licensed woman aviator IN
the United States But when Miss Quimoy
said two hours" her eyes twinkled, ana
The Tribune reporter waited for the eX-
PLANTATION.
when I first became interested in avia-
ton" she said. "Grahame-W White told me
II had taken him only three hours 10 learn
10 fy. and-wen. / just thought he was
nbbinE Then about two months ago l
started taking lessons here at the Moisant
school Some DAYS we couldn't 80 out at
an. because II was too windy, and IN the
other lessons 1 was in the machine only
a few minutes They never allow begin
ners 10 fy very long. So I kept on taking
lesson after lesson and all the while De-
coming more and more convinced that era
hame-White had hbbed. The idea OF any
one-even Grahame- Notwithstanding 70 ny
IN three hours was ridiculous linen came
the dav 1 got my license. and the men al
the school were counting up the nunloer
OF lessons had had. There were thirty
three. and each one had lasted from TWO
and one-half 10 four minutes.
Lets see some one said, that would
he lust about two hours in all Wouldh
TO- Then I saw through Grahame- w hlte >
little Joke. and 7 had the last laugh to0'
for II had taken me only two hours WherS
IL took him three. Just think OF oeauhs
him at his own game.
Flying itself though, is rea"y very
easy. The machine gides along so hshuS
and smoothly IL takes no effort az al 10
manage IL after one learns the trlcA a
first il is hard 10 steer because thaI i
done with the feet, while The "heel -
,,sed for regulating the planes ana a"'
one who is accustomed to automool'es III
stinctlvelv uses the wheel 10 steer py anu
gets into an awful tangle
Now that / can DO il easily, lhtehu ~
~ lust as the professional men 90 az
,1oAts and exhibitions when / nave TO- O"'
like 'cross-countrv fights best. mat Il
whore the real future Of aviation hes
snectacular stunts are not the thlnS aH'
more i'm Europe and viii soon De slopP1N
here. They don't help the science OF ava
zion but 'cross-country flying does Tor the
practical value of the airship is goins 10
h. for carrying mails and going across
mountains where travel by other means Is
SLOW, carry passengers? Why, Ger
,siniv Aren't they carrying three or four
Messengers already i'm Europe? All that Is
needed now is d bigger safer machine
and stronger engine. There is not so
rl.,.b danger in the 'cross-country nights
.i,ber where one sails along smoothly
and doesn't try to perform gymnastics IN
The clouds 1 should be glad 10 ny from
New Yorl, TO Washington any time the
No.sant school will permit me. and shali
20 10 Chicago next week 20 compete Win
the men in the meet there.
ION. YES. they'u treat me nicely m
sure. The men at the school have oeeh
splcndid to me. When Ferdinand de Mu-
rias heard j was going 10 try for my
license Tuesday morning, he came 10 me
and wanted % know if he shouldn wait
until another time so that l might nave
sr the glory for one day OF course j
wouldn't let him. so we got them on the
same morning. onlr mine was really first
and 1 am very proud Of the honor.
Miss Quimby expects soon 10 have 70
give ND the title Of the only woman avi-
ator I'm the United States, for she knows
that two more have almost won the COW
eted license. one Of these is Miss Blanche
Stuart Scott Of Rochester. formerly a
r-otorist. but now studying at the Bald
win aviation school, al Mineola. She is
learning 20 fly what she told The Tribune
reporter was a Baldwin Red Devil and
her ambition is 20 be the best woman BIZ
pianist i'm the world. Monoplanes are
pretty. she admits but give her machine
that viii go fast. Hers has a 60-horse-
power engine and is capable Of flying sixty
miles an hour which is not bad, though
Miss Scott is used 20 automobiles which
20 better.
The automobile experience is great
help" she said. for when one is used 10
the noise Of the unmufied engine on a rae
ing car the noise Of the airship isn't SO
confusing
yes I ike a biplane much better than
monoplane. though l may take that up
too. next year. It has one great advantage