![]() ![]() Any trace of her life not fitting with her public image is hidden. Consequently she lies, slicing a decade off her thirty-seven years and pretending to be the daughter of a wealthy family. She wants great fame, but under her own terms. A daring woman during an era of female suppression, Harriet is her own wellpublicized yet mysterious creation. Harriet has described her training in a series of articles for Leslie’s Weekly, increasing her national popularity. The second license is awarded to Matilde. They befriend fellow student CHARLES WILLARD and his father, business executive WILLIAM WILLARD.įinally, after three months of lessons, Harriet becomes the first licensed female flier in the United States. ![]() Under the instruction of French pilot ANDRE HOUPERT, both Harriet and Matilde attend ground school, learn to “grass hop” in a short-winged monoplane, and take their initial solo flights. A few months later, his brother Alfred opens a flying school in Long Island. Before he can do so, however, he dies in a plane crash. ![]() During the next few weeks she accompanies him when he races his plane (and loses) against a car. Appalled that a woman would make such a request, he refuses. Harriet is much impressed with John, and asks him to teach her to fly. Though the judges disqualify him, the crowd drapes an American flag around his shoulders and carry him around the field. He jumps in another, takes off again, and wins. While taking off for a race to the Statue of Liberty, John’s plane crashes. With her is MATILDE MOISANT, sister of racer JOHN MOISANT, the first American to fly across the English Channel. HARRIET QUIMBY, a writer for Leslie’s Weekly magazine, is covering the Belmont Park air race in Long Island, NY. SYNOPSIS: It’s 1910, and the public is fascinated with aeroplanes. ![]()
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