Literary Aviatrix: The Power of Story - Women in Aviation

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The Fearless Harriet Quimby: The Aviation Pioneer History Forgot, with Author and TV Journalist Don Dahler

The Fearless Harriet Quimby: The Aviation Pioneer History Forgot, with Author and TV Journalist Don Dahler29. Aug.1 Std. 02 Min.

Send us Fan Mail A decade before Amelia Earhart became a household name, Harriet Quimby made aviation history. In 1911, Quimby became the first woman in the United States to earn a pilot’s license. The following year, she became the first woman to fly solo across the English Channel—a dangerous and extraordinary achievement at a time when aviation itself was still in its infancy. And then history largely forgot her. In this episode I talk with longtime television journalist and author Don Dah...