The Hawaiian gazette., 1912-10-22

aviator in America and since Harriet
Quimby's death the only professional
aviatrice of note, will probably be a
visitor in Honolulu some time this
month on her way to Japan where her
manager, Jack Hall, has arranged for a
series of flights.
1t is possible that if the necessary
arrangements can be made, Miss Scott
may make a flight here before contin-
uing her journey to the Orient. After
concluding her exhibitions in Japan,
Miss Scott win fly in Berlin Paris and
London, and then Will attempt the En-
glish Channel both ways, before re-
turning to the United States.
Miss Scott viii use Glen L. Martin
biplane, which is now nearing compile
ton. She expects to discard her accus-
toned sky toys, consisting of wool lined
black satin knickerbockers, red ''mas-
cot sweater" green helmet and tan
puttees, and instead to don skirts and
be just as conventionally attired as
when going to a matinee or attending
an afternoon bridge party.
Miss Scott has been flying for more
than two years and has performed many
daring air feats in California, Massa-
chusetts and New York. At the Oak
land Aviation Field she made sensa-
tional fight over the territory where
day before William II. Hoff had crashed
to earth in the wreck Of his so horse
power biplane; at the Dominquez
Grounds, despite the treacherous air
currents above his field that have al
ready caused the death of three avi-
ators-krch Hoxsey, A. V. Hartle and
more recently Mr.. Page-she startled
| h,{n Of nn1Dnlyorc Nv Hon aarial
acrobatics, and at Sauantum Aviation
/ Field this intrepid tomboy of the air"
flew Just one day after the accident over
the very spot where Miss Quimby and
Mr.. Willard met their death. Referring
to that accident Miss Scott said:
Expects to Be Killed.
CT at first, preferred to make that
day one of rest in honor of the dead,
but on second thought / decided it
would give people more confidence in
the new science if we flew, for death,
after all, is only an incident in the de-
3, velopment of any grent science. l
haven't the slightest doubt but | will
meet with similar fate one of these
days" she continued, with not so much
as culver of an eyelnsh. cit gets MS
all in time, but meanwhile / shall go
on striving for the ultimate triumph,
i ms | believe most implicitly that the day
is not so very far off when some one
will invent an air craft that will be alb.
solutely safe.'
Asked, in the course of an interview
: recently, how she first happened to be-
come an aviatrice, avintrix or avia-
t truse, as Won please, for Miss Scott has
used all three words to describe her.
l self, her blue eyes lit up with merry
' twinkle.
i "Tt was simply wished on me, - she
e said. Given as a youngster / had q
@ streak of wild adventure loving spirit
in my makeup which the psychologists
always hunting for causes, motives o.
inherited tendencies, viii probabl,
! trace back to my great-great.great
$ grandfather, who as a pirate storme'
. the seas under the fearsome sobrique
5 of Black Jack.
- Always a ''Tomboy.''
n "When thirteen l was taken to a pei
y formanee of Buffalo Bill IS Wild Yves
X show, and promptly went home an
n broke by arm by falling from one o
. my fathers fastest horses as the resul
70 of an effort 10 initiate the barebac
AZ riding of Colonel Cody Is cowboys.
"As | grew older ! learned 20 spec
motor boats, drive fast horses and ri
~ automobiles. With my friend Miss GEE
9s trude Burlington Phillips l drove larg
90 Overland ear from Long Acre SquaT
to Mexico, a distance. of 5000 mile
50 When We got back all my friends 81
az claimed, Il suppose the next thin
you II do will be TO go mp in an aer,
nv planet Aud heard this so often thu
n. attribute the real cause of MY fir
hight 60 the power Of suggestion.
. had begun studying with Glenn Curti
he and later with Capt Thomas s, BAL
win. -
re "a WAS a Baldwin biplane that Mi
ed Scott drove across country AT Nineo
Dot Ia twelve mile flight from the aYi
les ton field, covering the eourse in IN
soc tam miuutes ami offflakinR 1870 ml
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