April, 16 1912


Harriet Quimby became the first woman to cross the English Channel by plane

Aviation pioneer, Harriet Quimby, born May 11, 1875 and died on 1 July 1912 became the first woman in history to cross the English Channel by plane.
She made ​​the crossing on a Bleriot monoplane motor Gnome. The Aero Club of America allowed him to be the first American woman pilot patented in 1911.

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