This Day in Aviation History
May 11th, 1875
Harriet Quimby is born.
 
Harriet Quimby (May 11, 1875 – July 1, 1912) was an early American aviator and a movie screenwriter. In 1911, she was awarded a U.S. pilot’s certificate by the Aero Club of America, becoming the first woman to gain a pilot’s license in the United States. In 1912, she became the first woman to fly across the English Channel. Although Quimby lived only to the age of thirty-seven, she had a major influence upon the role of women in aviation….
 
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Wikipedia, Harriet Quimby: http://gstv.us/1UR5jzr
 
YouTube, Harriet Quimby Interview with Giacinta Bradley Koontz: http://gstv.us/1UR5lat
 
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