Moisant Monoplane
Moisant may refer to: *John Bevins Moisant (1868–1910), American aviation pioneer and brother of Matilde *Matilde E. Moisant (1878–1964), American aviation pioneer and sister of John * Moisant Aviation School, an institution founded by John and his brother Alfred, also known as the Moisant Flying School **Moisant's International Aviators, a flying circus hosted by the school *Moisant Field, the original name of Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (also known as Moisant Army Airfield during World War II, and as Moisant Airport) *Jacques Moisant de Brieux Jacques Moisant de Brieux (13 May 1611 – 20 May 1674) was a French poet and historian. Born at Caen (Normandy) in an aristocratic Huguenot family on 13 May 1611, Moisant de Brieux had Antoine Halley as his first preceptor before continuing his ...

John Bevins Moisant
John Bevins Moisant (April 25, 1868 – December 31, 1910), known as the "King of Aviators," was an American aviator, aeronautical engineer, flight instructor, businessman, and revolutionary. He was the first pilot to conduct passenger flights over a city (Paris), as well as across the English Channel, from Paris to London. He co-founded an eponymous flying circus, the Moisant International Aviators.Caire, Vincent P. 2012. Louisiana Aviation: An Extraordinary History in Photographs.Simmons, Thomas E. 2013. A Man Called Brown Condor: The Forgotten History of an African American Fighter Pilot. Moisant funded his aviation career with proceeds from business ventures in El Salvador, where he had led two failed revolutions and coup attempts against President Figueroa in 1907 and 1909. Only months after becoming a pilot, Moisant died after being ejected from his airplane over a field just west of New Orleans, Louisiana, where he was competing for the 1910 Michelin Cup. The si ...
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Matilde E
Matilde is an alternate spelling of the name Matilda and may refer to: People *Matilde Borromeo (born 1983), Italian equestrian *Matilde Camus (1919–2012), Spanish poet *Matilde Casazola (born 1942), Bolivian songwriter *Matilde Fernández (born 1950), Spanish feminist and politician *Matilde Hidalgo (1889–1974), Ecuadorian politician *Matilde Ladrón de Guevara (1910–2009), Chilean poet *Matilde E. Moisant (1878–1964), American aviator *Matilde Sánchez (born 1958), Argentine journalist *Matilde Serao (1856–1927), Italian journalist *Matilde Urrutia (1912–1985) *Matilde Zimmermann (born 1943), American author and professor Other *Matilde di Shabran ''Matilde di Shabran'' (full title: ''Matilde di Shabran, o sia Bellezza e Cuor di ferro''; English: ''Matilde of Shabran, or Beauty and Ironheart'') is a '' melodramma giocoso'' (''opera semiseria'') in two acts by Gioachino Rossini to a librett ... (1821) * Santa Matilde (1977–1997) References {{reflist See also * ...
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Flying Circus
Barnstorming was a form of entertainment in which stunt pilots performed tricks individually or in groups that were called flying circuses. Devised to "impress people with the skill of pilots and the sturdiness of planes," it became popular in the United States during the Roaring Twenties. Barnstormers were pilots who flew throughout the country to sell airplane rides and perform stunts. Charles Lindbergh first began flying as a barnstormer. Barnstorming was the first major form of civil aviation in the history of aviation. History Background The Wright brothers and Glenn Curtiss had early flying exhibition teams, with solo flyers like Lincoln Beachey and Didier Masson also popular before World War I, but barnstorming did not become a formal phenomenon until the 1920s. The first barnstormer, taught to fly by Curtiss in 1909, was one Charles F. Willard, Charles Foster Willard, who is also credited as the first to be shot down in an airplane when an annoyed farmer broke hi ...
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Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport
Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (French language, French: ''Aéroport international Louis Armstrong de La Nouvelle-Orléans'') is an international airport under Airspace class (United States), Class B airspace in Kenner, Louisiana, Kenner, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is owned by the New Orleans, city of New Orleans and is west of downtown New Orleans., effective December 30, 2021. A small portion of Runway 11/29 is in unincorporated St. Charles Parish, Louisiana, St. Charles Parish. Armstrong International is the primary commercial airport for the New Orleans metropolitan area and southeast Louisiana. MSY covers 1,500 acres (607 Hectare, ha) of land. At an average of above sea level, MSY is the second lowest-lying international airport in the world, only behind Amsterdam Airport Schiphol in the Netherlands, which is below sea level. History Beginnings Plans for a new airport began in 1940, as evidence mounted that the older Shushan Air ...
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