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Harriet Quimby – the First Woman to Fly the Channel

Posted on July 11, 2013 by Lorraine

A few days before Louis Blériot entered the history books as the first person to cross the English Channel in a heavier than air flying machine, Hubert Latham (1883-1914) had taken off from France. He had flown 8 miles before … Continue reading →

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