Harriet Quimby, the Bleriot Eleven, and the Channel Crossing the Titanic Stole from History
On April 16, 1912, Harriet Quimby became the first woman to fly the English Channel - a feat buried by the Titanic disaster that same week.
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Harriet Quimby, the Bleriot Eleven, and the English Channel Crossing the Titanic Erased From History
Harriet Quimby became the first woman to fly the English Channel on April 16, 1912 - a milestone nearly erased by the Titanic sinking the night before.
TaildraggerLouis Blériot, the Channel Crossing of July Twenty-Fifth, Nineteen Oh Nine, and the Little Monoplane That Proved England Was No Longer an Island
On July 25, 1909, Louis Blériot flew a 25-hp monoplane across the English Channel, ending England's age as an unreachable island.
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