I was annoyed from the start by the attitude of doubt by the spectators that I would never really make the flight. This attitude made me more determined than ever to succeed.
— Harriet Quimby, just prior to her flight across the English Channel, 1912.
![[Harriet Quimby, full-length portrait, standing, in aviation costume]](http://cdn.loc.gov/service/pnp/cph/3c20000/3c22000/3c22800/3c22868r.jpg)
Photo Courtesy: Library of Congress
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