The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-06-02
E&&lAllAMERlcAN Girl 1HE First To Fly TIE ENGLISH
Remarkable Photographs of Harriet !Quin1by's S
Trip BY Aetoplane from ENGLAND to France

ause she did not want to try in public
nd fail, Miss Quimby kept her plans Sc
ret Only two women friends and half
ozen men knew what che hoped to do.
nally, after waiting eight dreary days
Dover, the day arrived when she felt
le could make a safe and sane flight,
breaking few records and
ausing thrill of pride in the breasts
American sportsmen,
1t WIS a cloudy day, but there was no
" and the winds seemed normal 1t was
so very early in the morning when Miss
uimby slipped into her trousered costume
nd tested her machine. She took no one
ith her. Her machine, Bleriot, was a
new one She had never
been in it beforel
II was not bit ner.
vous," said Miss Quimby &'
afterward, "the trip was .&
inst as easy as sitting at #
home in chair, and #S4
j never had any doubts OF a8
my success 50 8&
The course was set over &M
historic Dover Castle. the S
Lady Bird intending to
"a have her breakfast in
Ma Calais, but fog and wind 81
S%g changed her plans and
S@ course Just beyond the
.a castle turrets, Just as the
sM gray water appeared be-
III meath her, she ran into
83 variable winds. 1t took all Miss
~ Ouimby's cleverness and nerve to
81 got through this unpleasant tract
81 for the breezes were decidedly
Ea gusty, but she was up and ont be-
8 fore they did her any harm, and
81 pelting hard for Calais and break
81 fast Some one asked Miss Quimby
afterwards how the channel looked.
She shrugged herself and said, fFI
II never saw it, No doubt it was there
81 and looked fine, but I was not look
81 ing at views just then.
Just when the Bleriot was going
for all it was worth. she ran slap
bang in a thick fog and right there
she decided that she would drink
no coffee in Calais that day. per-
haps never! Contrary to her in
II structions from her instructor she
flew higher to avoid the fogs. final.
ly reaching 1000 feet Even then
she could not see clearly, but sailed
on, trusting to luck.
Suddenly the mists cleared, and +
below her were tidy green fields, and
the nonce, the plucky flyer thought
- a she was back again over England,
things became clearer and she saw
N/< -
with long turn. she slid slowly to ca
a landing on n beach among the cur
fisher folk. They cheered her and SIN
W but neither the flyer or the fishers G.
M& understand each other, They finally
III RED her off the beach as is shown in
N&A picture.
%@ 1t was the most remarkable femi
s#W exploit of modern times. The Hens
EM muller theory is certainly tenable a
S$3% this exhibition of what a woman flyer
s88T2 do.
s8S Miss Quimby has had her license
SaENa than r. year She won il from the
sMysa club after long flight. They do not
SSsSs for lady birds at tho club! She won
$#A then made many exhibitions at I
MssS throughout the country. She few in
MsHsM moonlight and in the sunlight, in the
HsSSs4 and in fog. Nothing daunted her.
assssA made altitude aud endurance records.
Ma MsaA friend, Miss Msthilde Moisant, wi
SsX@a brother was killed So tragically, compt
sE&A against her very frequently. 1t
Ssl% seem though Miss Quimby would sp
NSNM the greater part Of her present life in.
f48# air, She is absolutely unafraid and ag
S# with Hensingmuller.
ss8fg Miss Moisant, on the contrary,
ssss&s given up flying. She said few MOI
@y;aS ago, when announcing her decision, :"
SSSSsss| earth is bound to get us after a wi
sS| aud so ! shall give I'D before | follow
&&#M brother,''