Harriet Quimby
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Harriet Quimby was an American pioneering aviator, journalist, and film screenwriter. In 1911, she became the first woman in the United States to receive a pilot's license and in 1912 the first woman
Harriet Quimby in 1911
Vin Fiz soda 1912 postcard
Quimby in her Blériot XI monoplane
Matilde Moisant (left) and Harriet Quimby, the first two women in the United States to obtain pilot certificates (photo c. 1911–1912)
Charles F. Willard
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Charles Foster Willard was an American aviator and engineer, who became known as the first barnstormer with his trick flights. Willard was the first person taught to fly by Glenn Curtiss in 1909 and w
Harriet Quimby
…in Boston Harbor at about 3,000 feet (900 m), then returned and circled the airfield. William A. P. Willard, the event organizer and father of aviator Charles F. Willard, was a passenger in her brand-new two-seat Blériot XI monoplane. At an altitude of 1,000 feet (300 m), the aircraft unexpectedly pitched forward for…
Willard in 1910
Beach Willard Monoplane, Charles F. Willard and Stanley Yale Beach
Beach Willard Monoplane, Charles F. Willard and Stanley Yale Beach 2
Beach Willard Monoplane, Charles F. Willard and Stanley Yale Beach 3