Hélène Dutrieu pilots a Farman seaplane

2012 is the year of the “H”.

Harriet Quimby lands in France after flying over the English Channel in a Blériot airplane

Indeed, in 1912, Hélène Dutrieu of Belgium (1877 – 1961) became the first woman ever to pilot a seaplane and Harriet Quimby of the United States (1875 – 1912) became the first woman ever to fly across the English Channel in an airplane.

To celebrate the centennials of these worldwide accomplishments, the theme for the 2012 Women Of Aviation Worldwide Week will be “seaplanes”.