by Mrs. Hice

  Harriet Quimby was born May 11th, 1875, in Michigan. Early Years

  Harriett was described as “a tomboy full of verve and spunk who was prepared to try anything.”  She was adventurous and out-going. Personality

  She worked in California as a staff writer for the San Francisco Dramatic Review.  She later moved to New York and worked for Leslie’s Illustrated Weekly as drama critic for the magazine. Careers

  Harriet was very interested in automobiles. Once, in 1906, she went 100 miles an hour in a race car. She wrote an article about how she loved the speed and freedom she felt during that ride. Interesting Facts

  Quimby traveled to Los Angeles to cover the first air meet ever held in the U.S.  In October 1910, she accepted an assignment to cover New York’s Belmont Air Meet where she met John Moisant, an aviator who owned a flying school.  She convinced Moisant to teach her what he knew about aviation Introduction to Aviation

  She became the first American woman to earn a pilot’s license, license #37, on August 1st,  She was known as an extremely safe pilot and was dedicated to pre-flight checks and the use of seat belts. She wrote a detailed article on how to avoid the dangers of flight. Parts of her article are still used in the pre-flight checklists current pilots use today. Life as an Aviator

  Harriet passed away in an airplane crash. She was at the Harvard-Boston Aviation Meet and was practicing for the next day’s flying course. She offered to give William Willard, the organizer of the event, a ride in her airplane. While returning from this practice flight, Harriet’s plane crashed. Harriet and William were thrown from the plane and both died.  Harriet Quimby loved flying. She was also known as a very careful and calm pilot. She made many contributions to aviation and will be remembered as one of flight’s first pioneers. Passing

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