October 23, 2018 post by The History Center on Facebook:
One-hundred and eight years ago today, Blanche Scott became the first American woman to make a solo public flight, doing so at the Fort Wayne Driving Park. In front of a crowd of over 10,000 spectators, Scott flew solo in public as part of the Curtiss Aviation team during an automobile and air meet at the Driving Park. This was not her first pioneering feat. She was the second woman to drive an automobile cross-country, and the first to do so travelling from East to West. In addition, some consider Scott to be the first American woman to pilot an airplane solo, a feat she achieved on September 6, 1910. While the Early Birds of Aviation recognize her flight as the first, the Aeronautical Society of America did not accredit her initial solo flight as entirely intentional, thus creating controversy regarding who was the first American woman to fly solo. She later joined the Red Devils, a nationally traveling aviation exhibition group, and became the first woman to ride in a jet plane in 1948. She was posthumously featured on commemorative airmail stamps and envelopes in December 1980. #sociallyhistory
Before a crowd variously estimated at from 10,000 to 15,000 people, Miss Blanche Stuart Scott, the first American woman to make a public flight in an aeroplane, made that flight at the Driving Park in this city.
On Saturday, October 23, 1910, Miss Blanche Stuart Scott flying in the air above Driving Park, became the first woman in America to make a solo public flight by airplane.
- Blanche Stuart Scott Collection Kate Igoe 1997 at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Musem has links to newspaper articles and photos.
- Fort Wayne Driving Park by Mark Meyer published February 11, 2013 on the History Center Notes & Queries blog
- The amazing flying Miss Blanche Scott by Richard Battin published October 19, 1994 in the SUMMIT CITY HISTORY NOTES inCityscapes - People & Places series of articles from the archives of The News-Sentinel newspaper.
- Photos at BLANCHE STUART SCOTT 1885-1970 AKA Blanche Stuart 'Betty' Scott on earlyaviators.com. Before Amelia, there was Blanche by Carmen Doyle published January 14, 2014 on History Center Notes & Queries blog.
- Tomboy Of The Air by Yael Ksander posted April 25, 2011 on Moment of Indiana History.
- The Tomboy of the Air Elizabeth Borja October 23, 2011 on Archives Division of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum blog.
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HISTORY JOURNAL ▸ On Oct. 23, 1910, Blanche Stuart Scott became the first American woman to make a solo public flight...
Posted by The Journal Gazette on Tuesday, March 8, 2022March 8, 2022 post by The Journal Gazette on Facebook:
HISTORY JOURNAL ▸ On Oct. 23, 1910, Blanche Stuart Scott became the first American woman to make a solo public flight when she sailed across the Fort Wayne Driving Association's field. Read more: Oct. 23, 1910: Blanche Stuart Scott becomes first American woman to make public flight
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On October 23, 1910, the first woman to make a public flight, Blanche Stuart Scott, flew from Fort Wayne, Indiana. She flew a bi-plane similar to the one pictured below!
Posted by Indiana Historical Society on Monday, October 24, 2022Monday, October 24, 2022post by the Indiana Historical Society on Facebook:
On October 23, 1910, the first woman to make a public flight, Blanche Stuart Scott, flew from Fort Wayne, Indiana. She flew a bi-plane similar to the one pictured below!
- Several photos and newpaper clippings posted January 22, 2025 on True Fort Wayne Indiana History on Facebook.