Clara Livingston (1900 in Chautauqua, New York,– January 29, 1992 in

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) was the 200th licensed female pilot and 11th female helicopter pilot in the world. Livingston made her first airplane trip in 1927. She was the daughter of Alfred Livingston. In the 1940s Livingston enlisted in the

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(WAC). At the age of 25, her father died and she managed his property, in

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, for the next two decades. She built her own landing strip, known as

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, on this property. In 1937,

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, who was a friend of Livingston's, made a stop during her last flight at the Isla Grande airport and stayed overnight. Her home is well recognized in a community known as Dorado Beach for being a historical house which she rebuilt in 1928.

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Dorado Beach History
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: Eastern Puerto Rico
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