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    What was Harriet Quimby the first woman to do?

    Question #111848. Asked by serpa. (Jan 02 10 12:28 PM)


    john_sunseri

    		She was the first woman to get an American pilot's license, and the first to fly her own plane across the English Channel.

    http://www.harrietquimby.org/pages/whowasharriet.html

    Jan 02 10, 1:26 PM

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