Photos of Ruth Law
*Photos courtesy of the Glenn H. Curtiss Museum
Ruth sits for the first time in her new Curtiss Model D biplane in Hammondsport, NY, 1915
Spectators could see "RUTH LAW," painted in red letters when Ruth performed upside-down aerial tricks
Ruth learned to fly on a Wright plane with lever controls, so she substituted them for the steering wheel on her Curtiss biplane
The left lever maneuvers the plane's nose up and down, and the right lever rolls the plane from side to side