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Everyone asks me 'how it feels to fly.' It feels like riding in a high powered automobile, minus bumping over the rough roads, continually signaling to clear the way and keeping a watchful on the speedometer to see that you do not exceed the speed limit and provoke the wrath of the bicycle policeman or the covetous constable.

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Harriet Quimby
Age: 37 †
Born: 1875
Born: May 11
Died: 1912
Died: July 1
Aircraft Pilot
Aviator
Journalist
Screenwriter
Writer
Arcadia Township
Iron County
Missouri
Asks
Aviation
Policemen
Constable
High
Riding
Automobile
Covetous
Clear
Limit
Exceed
Bumping
Everyone
Rough
Bicycle
Watchful
Feels
Flight
Provoking
Powered
Way
Keeping
Roads
Policeman
Like
Speed
Wrath
Provoke
Limits
Continually
Minus
Signaling

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