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villagers, who had heard of her flight. She was at Hardelot, twenty-five miles south of Calais.

She was feted in Paris and London and returned in triumph to the U.S. in May. She brought with her a new all-white Bleriot 70 hp two-seat monoplane with all the latest improvements. During that summer she performed at various aviation meets, occasionally carrying passengers.

In late June she shipped her aircraft to Boston, where from June 29 to July 7 she planned to take part in the Harvard-Boston Aviation Meet held at Squantum Airfield near Dorchester. The manager of the event was William A. P. Willard, father of Charles F. Willard, the noted Curtiss exhibition pilot. Many famous aviators were participating, among them Glenn L. Martin, Lincoln Beachey, Earle Ovington, and Blanche Scott.

Late in the day on July 1, Harriet and William Willard climbed into her Bleriot for a short flight over Dorchester Bay, around Boston Light, and back. William was a large man, and Leo Stevens cautioned him to remain very still because Stevens believed that almost any movement on his part could upset the balance of the aircraft.