American Journalist Harriet Quimby was the first woman in America to be awarded a pilots license. an

American Journalist Harriet Quimby was the first woman in America to be awarded a pilots license. and on April 16th, 1912, was the first woman to fly the English Channel. She was denied much of the glory of her achievement due to the sinking of the Titanic 2 days earlier which still dominated front page headlines. Three months later, on July 1, 1912 Quimby made her last flight at the Harvard-Boston Aviation Meet where she met with a tragic accident. She was flying in the Bleriot with William Willard when suddenly the plane went into a nose dive. Willard was thrown from his seat after which the aircraft flipped over, throwing Harriet out too. Both Quimby and Willard fell and died at Dorchester Bay. Ironically the aircraft landed with little damage. Quimby died aged 37 years. #victorianchaps #vintage #edwardian #oldphoto #tragedy #flying #pilot #1910s #goodolddays #retro #nostalgia #pastlives #history #achievement https://www.instagram.com/p/Cc8X6YFD6Xi/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI= -- source link

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