In 1912 Harriet Quimby became the first female pilot to fly over this approximately 21-mile-wide body of water
[DOC] [TLE] March Field Historic District [PAR] through the astonishing achievements of men and women in both the public ... 
that enabled aviation to succeed, while the exploits of daring flying heroes ... of 
American Army Signal Corps pilots battling the Germans in the skies over ...... 
France and England was the first major flight over a large body of water.