Harriet Quimby - First Woman To Fly The English Channel
New Table of Contents
Harriet Quimby
Harriet Quimby Information
Harriet Quimby was born in 1875 in Michigan. As an adult, after moving to California, she desired to became an actress and later became a journalist and moved to New York.After taking flying lessons in 1911, she became the first woman licensed pilot in the United States. She was killed in an airplane mishap in 1912. She was at an airplane show called The Boston Meet when she met her untimely death.
Harriet Quimby was honored by the United States Postal Service with a postage stamp in 1991.
Photo Credit: NASM
Do You Have A Harriet Quimby Story?
Some Feedback Please
Will you take a moment after you've checked this page out and leave some feedback for me via the stars beneath the headline at the top right of this page?Thanks!
Great Aviation Stuff on Amazon
Premium Mirror Aviator Sunglasses
Amazon Price: $2.41 (as of 11/10/2009) 
Premium Full Mirror Aviator Sunglasses
Amazon Price: $1.90 (as of 11/10/2009)
Aviator's Wings Cufflinks - Aviation/Nautical Formal Wear - Cufflinks
Amazon Price: $59.95 (as of 11/10/2009)
Rocket Cufflinks - Aviation/Nautical Formal Wear - Cufflinks
Amazon Price: $164.95 (as of 11/10/2009)
Oakley Aviation Zip Sweater - Women's
Amazon Price: (as of 11/10/2009)
Great Stuff on Amazon
The Harriet Quimby Scrapbook: The Life of America's First Birdwoman
Amazon Price: (as of 11/10/2009)
Harriet Quimby - America's First Lady of the Air: A Biography for Intermediate Readers (Aviation History Series)
Amazon Price: (as of 11/10/2009)
Brave Harriet: The First Woman to Fly the English Channel
Amazon Price: $13.26 (as of 11/10/2009)
Her Mentor Was an Albatross: The Autobiography of Pioneer Pilot Harriet Quimby
Amazon Price: (as of 11/10/2009)
Harriet Quimby: An Activity Book for Children (Aviation History Series)
Amazon Price: (as of 11/10/2009)
Reader Feedback
Internet-Grandma wrote...
Posted July 25, 2007
Internet-Grandma wrote...
Posted July 25, 2007
by Internet-Grandma
My name is Jimmie, also "Nana" to six grandchildren, three boys and three girls, all just handsome and gorgeous. I don't sound prejudiced, do I? My so...
(more)Explore related pages
Marilyn Monroe: The Sexiest Blond Ever- Marilyn Monroe is the sexiest blond ever. Take a look at some of her photos - re...
Bodie, California - Ghost Towns of the West- Bodie is my favorite ghost town. Because it's a California State Park, the build...
Beryl Markham- Did you know that in 1936 Beryl Markham was the first person to fly solo ac...
Get Rich by Saving Old Buildings (Or, why is Historic Preservation so smart)....- The greenest building in the world is the one that is never built. Chew on that...
Sheila Scott, Female Pioneer Aviator- Sheila Scott, born in England in 1927, made many record breaking flights a...
Natalie Portman- Don't you like Natalie Portman? I'm a fan - not sure if it's because she was in...
