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If Harriet were alive today… Elizabeth looks back at the event honoring her flight across the English Channel
As I sat on the train from London to Headcorn, I was feeling apprehensive. Who would I meet? How would the event go? Would a lot of women show up? But as soon as I entered the door of the … Continue reading
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France Hydravion celebrates 100 years of seaplane women pilots at Le Touquet
1912 – Only two years after the first powered seaplane flight accomplished by Henri Fabre on March 28, 1910, the famous aviatrix Hélène Dutrieu took off at the controls of a Farman seaplane and became the first woman to pilot a … Continue reading
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