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1914 Aviatrix Ruth Law and Mrs. Robert Goelet in model "B" Wright airplane - Daytona Beach, Florida
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1914 Aviatrix Ruth Law and Mrs. Robert Goelet in model "B" Wright airplane - Daytona Beach, Florida
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Seymour Daily Republic, September 3, 1915
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Ruth Law with her Curtiss Pusher races Gaston Chevrolet at the Canadian National Exhibition, Toronto, Ontario, Saturday, 29 June 1918. The race was to cover 5 laps. Chevrolet was given a 1-lap head start, and won the race by ½ a lap.
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Aviator Ruth Law arrives at Governors Island in New York City following her flight from Chicago on Nov. 20, 1916.
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Hester and Ruth Law 1918
Members of "Ruth Law's Flying Circus" pose in front of the Circus' race car with biplane in background, circa 1920-1922. Left to right: unidentified, Ruth Law, Lewis James, Murray C. "Cliff" Woodbury, and Verne Treat.
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Ruth Law and three men pose with car and plane used in Flying Circus act at the Missouri State Fair
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Ruth Law and Gen. Wood
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Ruth Law Curtiss Model D Headless,
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Ruth Bancroft Law with her Wright Model B at Daytona Beach, Florida, 1916.
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Ruth Bancroft Law at Camp Shelby, Mississippi, 1917. At the far right is Major General William Hampden Sage, commanding officer, 38th Division, with his wife, Elizabeth Sage. Ruth Law is fourth from right, not wearing a ha
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Frederick Rodman Law and Ruth B. Law in their Wright Model B flyer circa 1910-1915
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Ruth Law, was the only woman allowed to wear the Army-Air Force uniform for nonmilitary purposes. She is with members of the 29th Division, Camp McClellan, Alabama. Ca. 1918.
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Daytona Beach, USA circa 1914 - Mrs Robert Goelet and Ruth Law with a Model B Wright Biplane, sold by Orville to Ruth Law
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Hélène Dutrieu
Hélène Dutrieu (Detrieux) (10 July 1877 – 26 June 1961), was a cycling world champion, stunt cyclist, stunt motorcyclist, automobile racer, stunt driver, pioneer aviator, wartime ambulance driver, and director of a military hospital.
Hélène Dutrieu was born on 10 July 1877 in Tournai, Belgium, the daughter of a Belgian Army officer. She left school at the age of 14 to earn a living.
Dutrieu became a professional track cyclist racing for the Simpson Lever Chain team. In 1895 she gained the women's world record for distance cycled in one hour.
In 1897 and 1898 she won the women's speed track cycling world championship in Ostend, Belgium, and earned the nickname "La Flèche Humaine" ("The Human Arrow").
In August 1898 she won the Grand Prix d’Europe (Grand Prix of Europe) and in November of that year she won the Course de 12 Jours (12-day race) in London, England. Leopold II of Belgium awarded Dutrieu the Cross of St André with diamonds in honour of her cycling success.
She later began performing in variety shows as a cycling speciality act and in July 1903 she cycled a loop inside a vertical track at the Eldorado in Marseille, France.
In September 1903 she appeared at Olympia, London. She became a successful stunt cyclist, a motorcycle stunt rider, an automobile racer and stunt driver.
In 1908 Dutrieu was asked by the Clement-Bayard factory, in France, to be the first pilot of its new ultralight aeroplane, the Santos-Dumont designed no.19 Demoiselle (Young Lady) monoplane. She crashed on take off during her first flight and the aeroplane was wrecked. She later successfully piloted and flew solo in an aeroplane.
On 19 April 1910 she reputedly became the first woman pilot to fly with a passenger. On 25 November 1910 Dutrieu became the fourth woman in the world, and the first Belgian woman, licensed as an aeroplane pilot, receiving Aéro-Club de Belgique (Aero Club of Belgium) licence #27.
Her appearances at air shows earned her the nickname the "Girl Hawk". There was a minor scandal early in her aviation career when it was revealed to the press that she did not wear a corset while flying. In September 1910 Dutrieu flew non-stop from Ostend to Bruges, Belgium. From 26 September to 1 October she flew, frequently carrying passengers, at the aviation week in Burton-upon-Trent, England.
She was the first woman pilot to stay airborne for more than an hour and on 21 December 1910 she became the first winner of the Coupe Femina (Femina Cup) for a non-stop flight of 167km in 2 hours 35 minutes.
In 1911 she regained the Coupe Femina temporarily with a flight of 254km in 2 hours 58 minutes but that year's cup was eventually won by Marie Marvingt.
In September 1911 Dutrieu travelled to the United States with her Henry Farman type III biplane. She competed for the women's altitude record and the Rodman-Wanamaker trophy, subsequently won by Matilde Moisant, at the Nassau Boulevard airfield meeting in Garden City, New York. In the same year Dutrieu beat 14 male pilots to win the Coppa del Re (King's Cup) in Florence, Italy.
In 1912 she reputedly became the first woman to pilot a seaplane. Later the same year she won a prize in competition against four other seaplane pilots, including Rene Caudron, at Ouchy-Lausanne, Switzerland.
In 1913 Dutrieu became the first woman aviator awarded membership of the Légion d'honneur (French Legion of Honour).
During World War I Dutrieu became an ambulance driver. Général Février put her in charge of the ambulances at Messimi Hospital. She later became the director of Campagne à Val-de Grâce military hospital.
After the war she became a journalist.
Early in her aviation career Dutrieu was the subject of a minor scandal when the press revealed that she didn't wear a corset while flying!
The New York Times observed the clothing of lady pilots in 1911: "The accepted toggery is a two piece suit consisting of a blouse and knickerbockers or trouserettes. The headgear differs according to the feminine idea. It may be an automobile cap or a becoming hood of some soft material."
The U.S. press were, however, loudly disappointed at the flying gear worn by the famous European aviatrixes who visited America. They compared the European preference for practical brown serge, dark leathers and muted woollens unfavourably with the brightly-coloured and shiny satins worn by several well-known American aviatrixes.
This is a photo from the 1911 International Aviation Meet held at the Nassau Boulevard Aerodrome near Garden City, Long Island. A veritable "who's who" of early aviators attended and flew at the event, see:
"Miss Moisant, Miss Quimby and Mlle. Dutrieu participated in the Nassau Boulevard meet in 1911, along with Lieut. H.H. Arnold, Liet. T. DeW. Milling, T.O.M. Sopwith, Earle Ovington, C.G. White, Eugene Ely, Lieut. Paul W. Beck, George Beatty, Lieut. T.G. Ellyson of Navy, Lee Hammond, H.N. Atwood, H.W. Walden, George Dyott, and J.A.D. McCurdy (Aeronautics, Sept., Oct., 1910; Jan., 1911; Oct., 1911)."
Mons. Sommer in his Sommer biplane, in which he carried three passengers, including Mdlle. Dutrieu, in April 1910.
Mdlle. Dutrieu and the Demoiselle just before her first attempt at flight, which ended in a crash.
Hélène Dutrieu (Detrieux) (10 July 1877 – 26 June 1961), was a cycling world champion, stunt cyclist, stunt motorcyclist, automobile racer, stunt driver, pioneer aviator, wartime ambulance driver, and director of a military hospital.
Hélène Dutrieu was born on 10 July 1877 in Tournai, Belgium, the daughter of a Belgian Army officer. She left school at the age of 14 to earn a living.
Dutrieu became a professional track cyclist racing for the Simpson Lever Chain team. In 1895 she gained the women's world record for distance cycled in one hour.
In 1897 and 1898 she won the women's speed track cycling world championship in Ostend, Belgium, and earned the nickname "La Flèche Humaine" ("The Human Arrow").
In August 1898 she won the Grand Prix d’Europe (Grand Prix of Europe) and in November of that year she won the Course de 12 Jours (12-day race) in London, England. Leopold II of Belgium awarded Dutrieu the Cross of St André with diamonds in honour of her cycling success.
She later began performing in variety shows as a cycling speciality act and in July 1903 she cycled a loop inside a vertical track at the Eldorado in Marseille, France.
In September 1903 she appeared at Olympia, London. She became a successful stunt cyclist, a motorcycle stunt rider, an automobile racer and stunt driver.
In 1908 Dutrieu was asked by the Clement-Bayard factory, in France, to be the first pilot of its new ultralight aeroplane, the Santos-Dumont designed no.19 Demoiselle (Young Lady) monoplane. She crashed on take off during her first flight and the aeroplane was wrecked. She later successfully piloted and flew solo in an aeroplane.
On 19 April 1910 she reputedly became the first woman pilot to fly with a passenger. On 25 November 1910 Dutrieu became the fourth woman in the world, and the first Belgian woman, licensed as an aeroplane pilot, receiving Aéro-Club de Belgique (Aero Club of Belgium) licence #27.
Her appearances at air shows earned her the nickname the "Girl Hawk". There was a minor scandal early in her aviation career when it was revealed to the press that she did not wear a corset while flying. In September 1910 Dutrieu flew non-stop from Ostend to Bruges, Belgium. From 26 September to 1 October she flew, frequently carrying passengers, at the aviation week in Burton-upon-Trent, England.
She was the first woman pilot to stay airborne for more than an hour and on 21 December 1910 she became the first winner of the Coupe Femina (Femina Cup) for a non-stop flight of 167km in 2 hours 35 minutes.
In 1911 she regained the Coupe Femina temporarily with a flight of 254km in 2 hours 58 minutes but that year's cup was eventually won by Marie Marvingt.
In September 1911 Dutrieu travelled to the United States with her Henry Farman type III biplane. She competed for the women's altitude record and the Rodman-Wanamaker trophy, subsequently won by Matilde Moisant, at the Nassau Boulevard airfield meeting in Garden City, New York. In the same year Dutrieu beat 14 male pilots to win the Coppa del Re (King's Cup) in Florence, Italy.
In 1912 she reputedly became the first woman to pilot a seaplane. Later the same year she won a prize in competition against four other seaplane pilots, including Rene Caudron, at Ouchy-Lausanne, Switzerland.
In 1913 Dutrieu became the first woman aviator awarded membership of the Légion d'honneur (French Legion of Honour).
During World War I Dutrieu became an ambulance driver. Général Février put her in charge of the ambulances at Messimi Hospital. She later became the director of Campagne à Val-de Grâce military hospital.
After the war she became a journalist.
Early in her aviation career Dutrieu was the subject of a minor scandal when the press revealed that she didn't wear a corset while flying!
The New York Times observed the clothing of lady pilots in 1911: "The accepted toggery is a two piece suit consisting of a blouse and knickerbockers or trouserettes. The headgear differs according to the feminine idea. It may be an automobile cap or a becoming hood of some soft material."
The U.S. press were, however, loudly disappointed at the flying gear worn by the famous European aviatrixes who visited America. They compared the European preference for practical brown serge, dark leathers and muted woollens unfavourably with the brightly-coloured and shiny satins worn by several well-known American aviatrixes.
This is a photo from the 1911 International Aviation Meet held at the Nassau Boulevard Aerodrome near Garden City, Long Island. A veritable "who's who" of early aviators attended and flew at the event, see:
"Miss Moisant, Miss Quimby and Mlle. Dutrieu participated in the Nassau Boulevard meet in 1911, along with Lieut. H.H. Arnold, Liet. T. DeW. Milling, T.O.M. Sopwith, Earle Ovington, C.G. White, Eugene Ely, Lieut. Paul W. Beck, George Beatty, Lieut. T.G. Ellyson of Navy, Lee Hammond, H.N. Atwood, H.W. Walden, George Dyott, and J.A.D. McCurdy (Aeronautics, Sept., Oct., 1910; Jan., 1911; Oct., 1911)."
Mons. Sommer in his Sommer biplane, in which he carried three passengers, including Mdlle. Dutrieu, in April 1910.
Mdlle. Dutrieu and the Demoiselle just before her first attempt at flight, which ended in a crash.
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Hélène Dutrieu seated in a Henry Farman type III two-seater, c. 1911
The Demoiselle in which Mdlle. Dutrieu suffered her first crash in 1910
Mdlle. Dutrieu in a hydro-aeroplane (Farman) at Deauville-Trouville in 1913.
