Quick Quiz.

Matilde Moisant

Well

Ahh, oooh H’mmm,

I’m I think the ‘ Baroness Raymonde de LaRoche ‘, (Elise de LaRoche), may have piped, Harriet, going Certifide March 1910, With Quimby’s friend Matilde Moisant coming third.

Poor Harrie

A bit more,
First woman to obtain her pilot licence, First solo woman across Chunnel passing her Aviator’s Test on August 1, 1911.(Wright brother’s would not enroll women at their flight school)

Born Michigan in 1875, eventually settled in New York, working as a photojournalist at ” Leslie’s Illusrated Weekly.

In October 1910, She had met John and Matilde Moisant, at the Belmont Park International Aviation Tournament, Where John had won the race around the Statue of Liberty for the American team.

Harriet and Matilde joined John and his brother Alfred’s ‘ Moisant School of Aviation “, ever though quiet a few woman flew at various airshow’s and Meeting, None had managed to get their ticket’s to fly,
Then up came Harriet, so for the then ” Women’s movement ” this was BIG victory 😉 .

She also went the other direction to Bleriot, even borrowing one of his No.XI’s for the flight, taking 20 minute’s longer then his.

( 😮 HERE same time at Old Melbourne Jail Vic Oz, my Great grandfather Pfeffer(Mum’s side) was hung until dead, and he too got nudged off the front page because of the big Iceburg, big ship thingo :rolleyes: , well I guess he got his 15 min’s anyway, at a stretch :p ).

Various idea’s about Harriet’s crash, loss of C of G, when, or before William Willard took his swan dive, out of I guess the back seat(No seat belt’s then), of the 2 seater before she too flipped out, and the plane crashed.

Some say the plane had a design fault, when dived to steep, guess we will never know really :confused: .

Harriet Quimby R.I.P.

In her Office

Flew the channel 16-4-1912, Titanic sank two days before, on the 1-7-1912
she crashed in Boston harbour and lost her life.
Regards Phil.

Whassup

Nice one Mal 😉 ,

Bader is one of my true hero’s, but it still made me laugh! 😀 , Nudge Nudge, Wink Wink, say no more, (nic nic :p )

I had a knackered Reach copy for year’s, as it come’s out again if it’s been a bad year(read25time’s atleast),
While back got a first edtion copy from the local op shop, for a few buck’s, good nic, and a few different pic’s, top score I reckon 😎 .
Local library’s gunna try get me a copy of Fight for the Sky this week hopefully :rolleyes: .bit slack
Cheer’s mate.

And Well done Brug! 🙂

The whole episode of her flying life’s a bit sad really 🙁 , just 11 month’s in the air.

Now I’ll let some other’s fill in those 11 month, if they would like participate in the thread, I may join again a bit later, on what may, or may not have happened to end her 37 year life!.

Ciao for now 😉

Harriet Quimby

That’s Dougy Bader all dressed up for the passing out parade at Cranwell.

Later he was told by his CO that that colour dress didn’t suit him at all. He then threw a hissy fit and went to the apres parade drinkies and got legless.

😀

Damn but that was in bad taste.