Quimby, Harriet

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Quimby, Harriet

Name: Quimby, Harriet Years: 1875-1912 Nationality: American Remarks: The first female pilot to be licensed in the United States, and the second anywhere in the world

Contents 1 Timeline 2 Publications 3 Sources 4 References

[edit] Timeline

• August 1, 1911 Harriet Quimby completes her pilot's test and becomes the first female aviator licensed in the United States^[1].

• April 16, 1912 Harriet Quimby becomes the first woman to fly across the English Channel^[1].

• July 1, 1912 Harriet Quimby, America's first licensed female pilot, dies in a plane crash^[2].

[edit] Publications

• English Channel 1912 - How I Made My First Big Flight Abroad My Flight Across the English Channel, Flight Magazine, July 12, 1912.

[edit] Sources

• Wikipedia entry for Harriet Quimby

• Harriet Quimby  at U.S. Centennial of Flight Commission

• Harriet Quimby and Giacinta Bradley Koontz Aviation History Project

• Harriet Quimby  at PBS.org details on Harriet Quimby from PBS's "Chasing the Sun" documentary, including a video excerpt

• Harriet Quimby: First Licensed U.S. Woman Pilot by Delear, Frank, Aviation History Magazine, January 1991

• Miss Quimby Wins Air Pilot License; First Woman in America and Second in World Authorized to Fly Aeroplane , New York Times, August 2, 1911

• Miss Quimby Flies English Channel; American the First Woman to Pilot an Aeroplane Across , New York Times, April 17, 1912

• Miss Quimby Dies In Airship Fall; Noted Woman Aviator and W.A.P. Willard, Passenger, Are Thrown 1,000 Feet , New York Times, July 2, 1912

[edit] References

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} wikipedia:Harriet_Quimby
2. ↑ http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9E07E1DE123CE633A25751C0A9619C946396D6CF