Atlanta Georgian., 1912-07-04

I 600 feet to her death at Boston. Miss
scott was in the air when Miss Quimby
took the fatal plunge.
sv BLANCHE STUART SCOTT. .
have lust come back from Squan-
t,,r field, where / made flight today
over the very spot where Miss Quimby
and Mr.. Willard met death last night.
feel pretty shaky, but I am going to
stick to the game. 1 flew today simply
hecsuse I wanted to show them that
woman has the same kind of nerve
man has None of US wanted to fly
very much. We all would rather have
made this a day of rest in honor of the
dead. But we thought 1t would give
people more confidence in the new
science If we few.
II was a horrible catastrophe that
can hardly get out-of my mind. I was
the only one flying when Miss Quimby
got back from her flight to the Bos-
ton Light AS saw her coming was
Allied with admiration for her wonder
ful pluck.
The flight to the Light is one Of the
most dangerous undertakings. There
is no more perilous fight I'm this coun-
try. It has only been done three times
before, and then by Grahame- White
and Tommy Sopwtth. 1t Is over
twenty miles of territory that is sure
death If the aviator falls. If the craft
Is not wrecked in the shallow water it
can only land on tiny rocky islands
that would utterly smash a machine
Unaware Of Tragedy.
As l saw Miss Quimby skimning
back toward the aviation grounds l
was fervently glad that she was safe.
When 1 saw her circle over the safe
ground Of the field had not the slight
est doubt but that she would come
down safely. did not know she would
sttempt to make another circle of the
course.
When she was over the field she had
her craft 5000 feet high. I was only
200 feet UP and got away so that she
would have plenty of room to land her
big craft. was Just turning the west,
lsrn py1on with the intention of landing
when I saw the crowd all rushing for
the gateway. It looked as if something
unusual had happened but 7 supposed
that It was only the unusual interest
of the crowd in Miss Quimby's mag
nifoent fight
I finished my circle in order to land,
Without knowing what had happened
If by any chance I had witnessed the
catastrophe I have not the slightest
doubt there would have been two ac-
Snerved me completely in the air I
sdort think I could have stood it. I'M
tag1ne seeing man and woman pitch
feadlong out of the same kind of craft
Cou are flying?
Swoons As She Lands,
BY some uncanny fash of intuition
i seemed to know that she was dead
when I struck the ground. AS was
looking at the crowd on the beach
some one rushed past and shouted,
Miss Quimby is killed. For a mo-
ment everything went black before me.
/ sank back In the seat of NV aero
plane. When came to my senses MI
Martin was tanning me.
MISS Qufmby was one of the finest
flyers IN America. She had wonderful,
nerve If her ability to handle the par
ticular craft she was flying, when she
was killed. had been. equal to her nerve,
! do not think that the accident would
nave caused her death. The trouble is
That she had driven the craft only four
or five times before she made the flight
to the Light
It was a $peedier machine than she
vas used to. When poor Mr.. Winard's
body was pitched out of the craft the
balance was upset The horror of it
must have unnerved her to such an ex-
tent that she forgot to jam her rudder
up
was the first woman in America to
orlVe an aeroplane and am the onIv
woman pilot left But am going to
continue to fly The game needs the
sacrifices