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She continued her almost daily practice at Hempstead during September and was a contestant during the first part of the Nassau Boulevard aviation meet on Long Island starting September 24th. She won a cross-country event there, then completed the month flying at the Interstate Fair at Trenton, New Jersey, ending September 30th. For the remainder of 1911 she flew as one of the Moisant exhibition troupe.

In late October Harriet left for Mexico City, Mexico, with Andre Houpert, Matilda Moisant, George Dyott and Captain P. Hamilton for an engagement there. This was a celebration in connection with the inauguration of President Francisco Madero. The event started on November 16th, was a several day affair, and while there Harriet became the first woman to fly over Mexico City. Following this the troupe flew at other points in Mexico, then returned to New York.

Apparently Harriet left the Moisants at that time and early in January, 1912, started to make plans for a trip to Europe to attempt a flight across the English Channel. By March 7th she was on her way with letters of introduction to Louis Bleriot and the news agencies. Her venture was sponsored by Leslie's Weekly, and Harriet wanted to buy a new French-built Bleriot plane of her own. In Long the Daily Mirror assisted with her plans and in France she purchased a new two-seat 70 h.p., Gnome-powered Bleriot monoplane. After some practice the plane was shipped to Dover, England, where she took off and flew the Channel alone on April 16, 1912, landing in France at Hardelot near Boulogne, to gain fame as the first woman to fly the English Channel.
In May Harriet was back in the United States flying her new machine at Mineloa under the management of flight promoter A. Leo Stevens. She planned to fly a limited number of exhibition engagements in 1912 and continue her work with Leslie's Weekly. Through May and June she was flying at Mineola, Long Island, and occasionally carried passengers. In late June she shipped her plane to Boston to compete in the 1912 aviation meet at Harvard Field held 

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