Journalist, screenwriter, film critic, photographer - and pioneer aviator. (And maybe, very briefly, a model.) The amazing Harriet Quimby, whose 150th anniversary was this year.
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Her 150th anniversary was this week. Born in poverty, she became a journalist, photographer, screenwriter and the first woman to fly the Channel. She was also famous for her beauty.
Harriet Quimby - an American story.
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Celebrating #worldpilotsday with thoughts of #women who have done so much in this field! #BessieColeman #JerrieMock #HarrietQuimby #AnnBaumngartner #BerylMarkham #JulieClark #PattyWagstaff & so many other remarkable women! (And yes Jerrie Mock is our EIC's @ritamockpike.bsky.social #grandmother!)
Here's a wonderful video from the Owls Head Transportation Museum covering Quimby's life!
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Flying Into History ✈️💜📮
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A black & white photo of Harriet with a big smile and goggles on her head sitting in her plane. Unknown photographer.
History of APRIL 16
1912: HARRIET QUIMBY FLIES THE ENGLISH CHANNEL: She became the first woman to fly across the English Channel in an airplane. She was also the first woman in the U.S. to receive a pilot’s license (wow!) 🛩️
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On April 16, 1912, Harriet Quimby became the first woman to fly an aircraft across the English Channel. She traveled from Dover, England, to France in a flight that took 59 minutes.
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