The men flyers have given out the impression that aeroplaning is very perilous work, something that an ordinary mortal should not dream of attempting. But when I saw how easily the man flyers manipulated their machines I said I could… — Harriet Quimby Copy Share Image
I saw at once that I had only to rise in my machine, fix my eyes upon the castle, fly over it and speed directly across to the French coast. It seemed so easy that it looked like a cross-country… — Harriet Quimby Copy Share Image
I was annoyed from the start by the attitude of doubt by the spectators that I would never really make the flight. This attitude… — Harriet Quimby Copy Share Image
If a woman wants to fly, first of all she must, of course, abandon skirts and don a knickerbocker uniform. — Harriet Quimby Copy Share Image
The men flyers have given out the impression that aeroplaning is very perilous work, something that an ordinary mortal should not dream of attempting.… — Harriet Quimby Copy Share Image
There is no reason why the aeroplane should not open up a fruitful occupation for women. — Harriet Quimby Copy Share Image
I saw at once that I had only to rise in my machine, fix my eyes upon the castle, fly over it and speed… — Harriet Quimby Copy Share Image
Everyone asks me 'how it feels to fly.' It feels like riding in a high powered automobile, minus bumping over the rough roads, continually… — Harriet Quimby Copy Share Image
The aeroplane should open a fruitful occupation for women. I see no reason they cannot realize handsome incomes by carrying passengers between adjacent towns,… — Harriet Quimby Copy Share Image
