![]() ![]() Please consult a staff member for more details and information about ordering reproductions. In some cases, there are original print photographs available in the NASM Archives and copy negatives at the Smithsonian Institution Archives. Moisant Scrapbook Microfiche, NASM.XXXX.0536.įor photographic materials please see the Videodisc Imagery Collection, NASM.XXXX.1000. For more information on John Moisant, please see the John B. Biographical information can be found in the Biographical series of the National Air and Space Museum Technical Reference Files, NASM.XXXX.1183, which contain additional newspaper and journal articles, letters, memorabilia, and photographs. The National Air and Space Museum (NASM) Archives also holds additional materials about the Moisant Family. Matilde established two altitude records before giving up exhibition flying in 1912.Įncoded by Rena Schergen, February 2012. ![]() The Moisants' sister, Matilde (1887-1964), joined the family's exhibition tour and was the second American woman to become a licensed pilot. Alfred also organized the Moisant International Aviators, Inc., which embarked upon a series of flight exhibitions in the United States and Mexico, 1911-1912. His brother Alfred was president of the Moisant Aviation School and of the Hempstead Plains Aviation Company, 1911. That fall he competed in the Gordon-Bennett Trophy Races but was killed in December while flying an exhibition in New Orleans, LA. John Moisant (1868-1910) trained at the Bleriot School in France and made the first successful cross-country, passenger-carrying flight from Paris to London in 1910. The Moisant Family - John, Alfred and Matilde - helped spark America's early interest in aviation. To view items in this collection, use the Online Finding Aid ![]()
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