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Harriet Quimby | America's First Licensed Female Pilot

Harriet Quimby shattered barriers when she became the first American woman to earn a pilot's license and later flew across the English Channel. Visit TheRoadTo250.com and celebrate trailblazers who reached new heights.

July 5, 2026 - This Week in Aviation History Through the Windows of Flight

The history of aviation is full of doors quietly opening — moments that didn't make front-page headlines at the time but changed everything that came after. The second week of July gives us three of them, spanning exactly forty years. We start on July 8th, 1908, in Milan, Italy, where a French scul…

Detroit's Historic Bowling Alley & Trailblazing Aviator | August 1

In 1913, John Bauer and Irv Giese opened The Garden Bowl, a 10-lane bowling alley on Woodward Avenue in Detroit. It has become America's oldest continuously operating bowling alley and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008. Also today, Michigan-born Harriet Quimby, who beca…

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

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…

Harriet Quimby

The first woman in all of America to earn a pilot's license was from Michigan! Hot dog!  This week Cassidy is joined by Michigan native Logan McCutcheon to tell the incredible story of a woman who was not only one of the world's earliest and most successful aviators, but also one of the country's m…

Fearless: Harriet Quimby A Life without Limit Audiobook by Don Dahler

https://libranovo.com/free Listen to free audiobooks with a 30-day free trial! Title: Fearless: Harriet Quimby A Life without LimitGenres: Biography & Memoir, History & Culture, WomenAuthor: Don DahlerNarrator: Barrie KreinikRelease date: 06-14-2022Length: 8:33:56Language: EnglishPublisher: Hachett…

Harriet Quimby: The Michigan Journalist Who Flew the English Channel

Harriet Quimby was a Michigan-born journalist who became the first American woman to earn a pilot’s license. After 33 lessons at the Moisant Aviation School, she took on a greater test: a solo flight across the English Channel.On April 16, 1912, Quimby flew a Blériot monoplane from England to Franc…