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occurred.
Whatever the reason for the crash, Americans mourned their beloved heroine Harriet Quimby.
Mathilde Moisant, Harriet Quimby's best fried and fellow student at the Moisant Aviation School, was the second woman in the U.S. to receive a pilot's license, [[crossed out]] she received[[/crossed out]] F.A.I. certificate No. 44 on August 13, 1911.
With Harriet, she joined the Moisant International Aviators, and she made her debut at the Nassau Boulevard Aviation Meet, held September 24-30. There she soared to the astounding height of 1200 feet, beating both Harriet Quimby and Héléne Dutrieu for the Rodman-Wanamaker altitude trophy.
Though of small statue and rather frail looking, Mathilde possessed a great deal of spunk and courage. On