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America's First Woman Avaitor Dies

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1912 America's 1st Woman Aviator Dies in Crash

Harriet Quimby, America's first woman pilot, plunged to 1500 feet to her death when her place went into a dive and hurled her to the ground. The tragedy took place at the Harvard- Boston Air meet in Squantum Massachuesetts.