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Blanche Stuart Scott

1884 - 1970

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Blanche Stuart Scott (April 8, 1885 – January 12, 1970), also known as Betty Scott, was possibly the first American woman aviator. For her automobile journey across the United States she won the attention and admiration of pioneer aviator Glenn Curtiss who gave her flying lessons at the Curtiss flying school, in Hammondsport, New York, America's first flying school. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Blanche Stuart Scott is the 35th most popular pilot (up from 70th in 2019), the 5,265th most popular biography from United States (up from 14,851st in 2019) and the 9th most popular American Pilot.

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Among PILOTS

Among pilots, Blanche Stuart Scott ranks 35 out of 71. Before her are Janina Lewandowska, Jacob Veldhuyzen van Zanten, Leyla Mammadbeyova, Jacqueline Cochran, Touria Chaoui, and Pyotr Nesterov. After her are Ahmet Ali Çelikten, Jadwiga Piłsudska, Jean Mermoz, Olga Sanfirova, Helmut Wick, and Bessie Coleman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1884, Blanche Stuart Scott ranks 124. Before her are Evelyn Nesbit, Angelos Sikelianos, Jack Greenwell, Gösta Lilliehöök, Bohumil Kubišta, and Rickard Sandler. After her are Bernhard Goetzke, Princess Caroline Reuss of Greiz, Ralph Benatzky, Oliver Kirk, Sophie Liebknecht, and Willem Marinus Dudok. Among people deceased in 1970, Blanche Stuart Scott ranks 152. Before her are Terry Sawchuk, Giancarlo Cornaggia-Medici, Kurt Feldt, Alf Prøysen, František Junek, and Sydney Chapman. After her are Jun'ichi Kōuchi, Adhemar Pimenta, Albert Ayler, Daniel Kinsey, Ernest Marsden, and Dora Boothby.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Blanche Stuart Scott ranks 5,265 out of 20,380. Before her are William Goldman (1931), Patty Hearst (1954), Adriana Caselotti (1916), Patrick O'Neal (1927), Mark Blum (1950), and Rob Zombie (1965). After her are John Scofield (1951), Gladys Knight (1944), Jim Varney (1949), Mathew Brady (1822), Carmine Appice (1946), and Kourtney Kardashian (1979).

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Among PILOTS In United States

Among pilots born in United States, Blanche Stuart Scott ranks 9. Before her are Chesley Sullenberger (1951), Francis Gary Powers (1929), Chuck Yeager (1923), Joseph Kittinger (1928), Claire Lee Chennault (1890), and Jacqueline Cochran (1906). After her are Bessie Coleman (1892), Wally Funk (1939), Jerrie Cobb (1931), and Cornelia Fort (1919).

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