Marie Marvingt was one of the most versatile female athletes in history. Her long list of adventures seems impossible to believe: skier, mountaineer, balloonist, nurse, cyclist, aviator, journalist, inventor, the list goes on. She was the first woman to climb the highest peaks of the Alps. Marie won numerous prizes in swimming, cycling, skiing, skating,Continue reading “Marie Marvingt, France’s Fiancée of Danger”
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The Daring Harriet Quimby, Queen of the Air
Most everyone knows the name Emilia Earhart, the famous female pilot lost at sea in 1937. But few remember another ground-breaking female aviator named Harriet Quimby. She was famous a decade before, and was an inspiration to, Emilia Earhart. Today, only aviation buffs know that Quimby was the first American woman to earn a pilot’sContinue reading “The Daring Harriet Quimby, Queen of the Air”
Billionaire Howard Hughes & the Spruce Goose Flying Boat
The largest aircraft ever constructed was flown only one time!