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Early female pilots rivaled Earhart in courage
Quick ReadAmelia Earhart was one of many female pioneers, some from Long Island, in the early days of flight.
Photo credit: Newsday File photo | Miss Elinor Smith, 17 years old, waving to the crowd of thousands, just after she landed after establishing a new women's flight endurance record, 26 hours, 21 minutes, 32 seconds. She flew a Bellanca cabin monoplane. Undated photo taken on LONG ISLAND, NY
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Sisters in the skies
The release of a feature film has renewed attention to the aviator Amelia Earhart, but there were other notable women who shared the skies with her in the early days of flying - some of them from Long Island.
Earhart, who was born in 1897 in Kansas, was just a teenager when two women entered the books as the first female solo aviator.
Who's first?
Blanche Stuart Scott began taking...
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