Harriet Quimby getting ready for flight 1912

Harriet Quimby (1875 1912), American airwoman 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, and also the first woman to fly across the English Channel on 16 April 1912. Photographed here getting ready for her flight from Dover to Hardelot, and the arrival. Date: April 1912

• Product Code
• ILEA000634061

• Registered date
• 1900/12/31 00:19:00

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• ? Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans / Kyodo News Images

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• Copyright (c) Mary Evans Picture Library 2008

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