Harriet Quimby

Standard Name: Quimby, Harriet

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16 April 1912: Harriet Quimby became the first woman to...

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16 April 1912

Harriet Quimby became the first woman to fly the English Channel: from Deal in England to Cape Gris-Nez in France.
Bruno, Leonard. On the Move: A Chronology of Advances in Transportation. Gale Research, 1993.
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Trager, James. The Women’s Chronology: A Year-by-Year Record, from Prehistory to the Present. Henry Holt, 1994.
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Trager, however, writes that she left from Dover and landed near Hardelot.

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