July 14, 1910 Edith Maud Cook perished when her parachute failed to open in a jump from a balloon over Coventry, England. Earlier that year Cook had been the first English woman fly an airplane solo.

July 14, 1910 Edith Maud Cook perished when her parachute failed to open in a jump from a balloon over Coventry, England. Earlier that year Cook had been the first English woman fly an airplane solo.
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