Random Ramblings: Aerial Wildland Firefighting

I have blogged about aerial wildland firefighting since 2009. I am not a firefighter and am not a pilot, just an interested bystander who wants to learn more and share what I learn here. Join me here as I blog on the aircraft and the pilots who fight wildland fires from the air in support of crews on the ground. I also blog on concerns affecting fire crews on the ground as well as other aviation and meteorology issues. Learn what it takes to do jobs that are staffed by the best of the best.

Friday, November 10, 2023

Friday Fun: Harriot Quimby

I have been reading about early women aviators. The first women in the United States to get a pilots license was Harriot Quimby on August 1, 1911. Harriot flew in many air shows and she was the first women to fly across the English Channel on April 15, 2012, the same day that the Titanic sunk. Tragically she died at the Boston-Harvard Air Meet on July 1, 2012 when she was thrown from her plane. For more information read Harriot's bio at the Cradle of Aviation