Ruth Law Oliver (May 21, 1887 - December 1, 1970) was a pioneer American aviatrix during the 1910s.
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Biography
He was born Ruth Bancroft Law on May 21, 1887 to Sarah Bancroft Breed and Frederick Henry Law in Lynn, Massachusetts.
He was ordered by Harry Atwood and Arch Freeman at Atwood Park in Saugus, Massachusetts. He received his pilot license in November 1912. In 1915, he gave an aerobatic demonstration in Daytona Beach, Florida, before a large crowd. She announces that she will "repeat the loop" for the first time, and goes on to do it, not once but twice, to the worry of her husband, Charles Oliver.
In the spring of 1916, he participated in altitude competition, twice as narrow in the second position of the men's leaflet. He was very angry, determined to set a record against both men and women.
His greatest achievement occurred on 19 November 1916, when he broke the 452 mile (728 km) cross-country speed record set by Victor Carlstrom by relentlessly flying from Chicago to New York State, a distance of 590 miles (950 feet). km). The next day he flew to New York City. Flying over Manhattan, his fuel was cut off, but he slid into a safe landing on Governor Island and was greeted by American Army Captain Henry "Hap" Arnold (who changed the spark plug in Curtiss pusher), who would one day become the Commander-General of the American Air Force United Air Force. President Woodrow Wilson attended a dinner held in his honor on December 2, 1916.
After the United States entered World War I in April 1917, he campaigned unsuccessfully for women to be allowed to fly military planes. Stung by his refusal, he wrote an article titled "Let Women Fly!" in Air Travel magazine where he believes that the success of a flight must prove a woman's suitability to work in that field.
After the war, he kept making notes. After Raymonde de Laroche of France set a women's altitude record of nearly 13,000 feet (3,962 m) on June 7, 1919, he broke the Laroche record on June 10, flying to 14,700 feet (4,481 m). Laroche, on the other hand, broke Oliver's record ' on June 12, flying to an altitude of 15,748 feet (4,800m).
He died on December 1, 1970, in San Francisco.
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Legacy
His brother is a pioneer and jump plaster, Rodman Law (1885-1919).
References
Further reading
- Pawlak, Debra Ann. "Baroness of Flight". Flight History , July 2008, pp.Ã, 16-17.
External links
- Short biography
- Uniform Ruth's Law Image
- Ruth's Law in Daytona Beach 1913-1916
- Hill Air Force fact sheet
- Ruth Law Thrills A Nation ; Reading Rainbow PBS, 1994 on YouTube - hosted by LeVar Burton, read by Linda Lavin
- findagrave.com
- Chicago-to-New York flight
- Smithsonian Magazine , March 22, 2017
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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