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Harriet Quimby


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There is no reason the aeroplane should not open a fruitful occupation for women, healthful and stimulating to the mind, and there is no reason to be afraid so long as one is careful. I see no reason they cannot realize handsome incomes by carrying passengers between adjacent towns, why they cannot derive income from from parcel delivery, from taking photographs from above, or conducting schools for flying.

Harriet Quimby

American Bird Woman: Aviation as a Feminine Sport, Good Housekeeping Magazine, September 1912.

I was annoyed from the start by the attitude of doubt by the spectators that I would never really make the flight. This attitude made me more determined than ever to succeed.

Harriet Quimby

Prior to her flight across the English Channel, 1911. Quoted in the 1993 book Her Mentor Was An Albatross: The Autobiography of Pioneer Pilot .

Everyone asks me “how it feels to fly.” It feels like riding in a high powered automobile, minus bumping over the rough roads, continually signaling to clear the way and keeping a watchful on the speedometer to see that you do not exceed the speed limit and provoke the wrath of the bicycle policeman or the covetous constable.

Harriet Quimby

How a Woman Learns to Fly, in Leslie’s Illustrated Weekly, 1911.

If a woman wants to fly, first of all she must, of course, abandon skirts and don a knickerbockers uniform … There must be no flapping ends to catch in the multitudinous wires surrouding the driver’s seat.

Harriet Quimby

First lady in the U.S. to receive a pilots license. How a Woman Learns to Fly, Leslie’s Illustrated Weekly, 17 August 1911.

The trip was as easy as sitting at home in an armchair. I never had any doubt of my success, and any women with sufficient self-confidence and cool head could fly across the English channel as easily as I.

Harriet Quimby

'America's First Lady of the Air', on the first crossing of the English Channel by a women. Leslie’s Illustrated Weekly, 1912. Quoted in 2016 book Harriet Quimby: Flying Fair Lady.

The men flyers have given out the impression that aeroplaning is very perilous work, something that an ordinary mortal should not dream of attempting. But when I saw how easily the man flyers manipulated their machines I said I could fly.

Harriet Quimby

American Bird Woman: Aviation as a Feminine Sport, Good Housekeeping Magazine, September 1912.

American Bird Woman

There is nothing to fear if one is careful. Only a cautious person should fly. I never mount my machine until I check every wire and screw. I have never had an accident in the air. It may be luck, but it is also to the care of a good mechanic.

Harriet Quimby

Her long-time mechanic was Albert Houpert. Aviation As A Feminine Sport, Good Housekeeping, September 1912. .


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