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	Harriet Quimby : Her aviation career lasted only 11 months, but Harriet Quimby (1875-1912) certainly made a name for herself, as a pilot, a photographer, a journalist, and a trend-setter. A true thrill-seeker, Quimby was the first licensed female pilot in America. She was also the first woman--and only the third pilot--to fly across the English Channel, a distance of 22 miles. Quimby died when she and a passenger were flung from her Bleriot monoplane before a crowd of hundreds of spectators.

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