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John Bevins Moisant (April 25, 1868 – December 31, 1910) was an American aviator, aeronautical engineer, flight instructor, businessman, and revolutionary. He was the first pilot to conduct passenger flights over a city , as well as across the English Channel, from Paris to London.
30 dic 2010 · A century ago John Bevins Moisant was every bit as famous as Glenn Curtiss and the Wright boys—maybe more so, because the small, balding American was considered the world’s most daring aviator.
John Bevins Moisant (25 avril 1868 à Kankakee - 31 décembre 1910 à Harahan) est un aviateur américain d'origine franco-canadienne, connu en tant qu'auteur de la première traversée de la Manche avec un passager et créateur d'un cirque volant avec son frère : The Moisant International Aviators.
American businessman John Moisant learned to fly in France, then formed the Moisant International Aviators in 1910. Operating as a touring “flying circus,” the team included his sister, Matilde, and Harriet Quimby, the first two American women to earn pilot’s licenses.
Fifty years ago last month, an American aviator named John Bevins Moisant presented himself in Paris and requested permission to compete in the Circuit de l’Est, a major show being held there. “How long have you been flying?” an official asked.
31 dic 2010 · John Moisant, aviation pioneer, died a century ago in New Orleans. One hundred years ago today, a devil-may-care pioneer pilot prepared for a routine landing in a Harahan field. According to ...
One of the first items to surface was a telegram Houdini had sent aviator John Moisant in 1910, offering his crated Voisin so that Moisant could compete in the Paris-to-London air race.
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