The Salt Lake tribune. [volume], June 02, 1912, Magazine Section, Image 43

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Remarkable Photographs of Harriet Quimby's
Trip by Aeroplane from England to France
AX NORDAU ner--Ls with I'rotes-
Mtor Bndolph Hcnsinimillcr of the
Vienna university, that women
will make t he best aviators, that
their iuhercnt feminine qualities will
eventually secure to them the domination
of the sky. Gln Ourties and Grahame
White totally disagree with this opinion.
In fact, .ill men aviators dislike seeing
women 'in the air. ! Woman's place ,s
Oil earth, say those experienced ndvenrur
ers.
But Miss Harriet Quimby's wonderful
exploit in riving- the English channel, suc
ceeding in her fi r.-r attempt, where many
men have failed, would seem to support
Professor IT en.-ingmullcr 's theory. Miss
Quimbv s exploit places bdf far ahead OJ
all other '"lady birds." of all countries.
II men who fly are called bird-men, shall
we not cail women who By lad birds'
Tr wa the lady bird who first srt women
the example of flying home.
This venturesome flight across the Eng
lish channel, a feat that startled the
worhl. was the logical sequence to this
American girl s former experiences in the
air She was the first woman granted a
license in America. She flew across the
Narrows from Slaten Island to South
Brooklyn and back last August, just after
securing it. but that was as nothing com
pared with her latest exploit. The klng
lish channel is the bod of water con
necting thp North sea with the Atlantic
ocean. It is twenty-three miles wide at
its narrowest, part and a hundred miles nt
its widest. The winds are rough and
variable. It is also a region of fogs. Sev
eral Frenchmen attempted tins perilous
trip and failed before one of them suc
ceeded Because of the dangers, and be-
1S "IS MY HAT ON STRAIGHT?" THE START Miaa Quimby High in the Air Headed for the
iSSw 80 DannS an Woman as Miss Quimby Is Not Exempt Channel and Frances. The Speeding Aeroplane Can Be
(yR rom Feminine Vanity een Faintly at the Ton of the Picture.
Yt3T fl xy-: - c!t -.,
J
cause she did not want to try in public
and fail, Miss Quimby kept her plans se
cret. Only two women friend and half a
dozen men knew what he hoped to do.
Finally, after waiting eight dreary days
at Dover, the day arrived whom she felt
she could make a safe and sane flight,
incidentally breaking a few records and
causing a thrill of pride in the breasts
of American sportsmen.
It was a cloudy day, but there was no
foe and the winds seemed normal It was
also very early in the morning when Miss
Quimby slipped into her trousered costume
and tested her machine. She took 110 one
with her. Her machine, a Blexiot, was a
new one. She had never
been in it before' -Jk
"I was not a bit ner-
vous," said Miss Quimby JflMpl
af 1 erward, "the trip wa.s
jnst jus asy as .-itting -it
home in an arm-chair, and rwfmffi
J never had any doubts of
ray success," Ji
The course was set oypt '
neath her, she ran into 2
variable winds. It took all Miss
Quimby's cleverness and nerve to
got through this unpleasant tTact.
for the breezes were decidedly
gusty, but she 'was up and out be
fore thev did her any harm, and
ivdting hard for Calais and breiik
fast. Some one asked Miss Quimby i
afterwards how the channel looked.
She shrugged herself and sain", "I
never saw it! No doubt It was there
and looked fin but T was not look
ing at views jnst then."
lust when the Bleriot was going
for all it was worth, she ran slap
bang in a thick fog a.nd right there
she decided that she would drink
no coffee in Calais that day, per
haps never' Contrary to ber in
structions from her instructor she
fiVw higher to avoid the fogs, final
ly Teaching 2000 feet. Evri then
she iould not see clearly, but sailed
on, trusting to luck.
Suddenly the mists cleared, and right
below her were tidy green fields, and for
the nonce, th plucky flyer thought that
she was baek again over England Then
things became clearer and she saw a
quaint fishing village, iust beneath her, bo
I with a long turn, she slid slowly tr oarth,
lauding on a beach among tbr curious
fisher folk. They cheered her and smiled,
I but neither the flyer or the fishers could
understand each other. They finally car-
I ried her off the beach as is shown In the
I picture.
It was the most remarkable feminine
exploit of modern times. The Hensing-
I mnller theory is certainly tenable after
I this exhibition of what a woman river can
Miss Quimby has had her license tees
than a venr. She won it from the A to
rlub after a long flight. They do not care
for lady birds at the club! She won and
then made many exhibitions nt fairs
throughout the country. She flew in the
moonlight and in tho sunlight, in the rain
I aud in fog. Nothing daunted her. She
I made altitude and endurance records. Her
I friend. Miss Mathilde Moisant, whose
J brother was killed so tragically, competed
I against her very- frequently. It does
S seeon as though Mass Qui. miry would spend
I the greater part of her present life berths
air. Hhe is absolutely unafraid and agrees
I with Honflingmuller.
Miss Moisant, on the contrary, has
I $rifn tip flying. Sh. said a few months
'i ago, wheu announcing her decision, ''The
I earth is bound to got us after a whilp.
! and so I shall give ud before I follow uv
I brothej.1'
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Miaa Harriet Quimby, American Girl
Who Haa Won from All Other We
men A vi a tors tho Record for
Performance and Daring