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Matilde Moisant

American pioneer aviator ()

Matilde Josephine Moisant (September 13, &#; February 5, ) was an American pioneer aviator, the second female in the United States to obtain a pilot's license.^[1]^[2]

Early life

Moisant was born on September 13, , in Earl Park, Indiana, to Médore Moisant and Joséphine Fortier.

Both parents were French Canadians. Her siblings include George, John, Annie M., Alfred Moisant, Louise J. and Eunice Moisant.^{[citation needed]} John and Alfred were also aviators.^[8] In , the family was living in Manteno, Illinois, and her father was working as a farmer.^[9]

Career

Moisant learned to fly at Alfred's Moisant Aviation School on Long Island, New York.^[8] On August 13, ,^[10]^[11] a few weeks after her friend Harriet Quimby received her pilot's certificate, Matilde Moisant became the second woman pilot certified by the Aero Club of America.

matilde moisant biography samples3: Matilde Moisant, who became America's most notable woman flier after seeing her brother, the late John B. Moisant, form his celebrated flight around the Statue of Liberty, narrowly missed being thrown into jail yesterday in Nassau County for going into the air in her monoplane on Sunday.".

She pursued a career in exhibition flying, known as barn storming.^[8] In September , she flew in the air show at Nassau Boulevard airfield in Garden Metropolis, New York and, while competing against Hélène Dutrieu, Moisant broke the women's altitude world register and won the Rodman-Wanamaker trophy by flying to 1, feet (&#;m).^[8]

Retirement

Moisant stopped flying on April 14, , in Wichita Falls, Texas when her plane crashed^[8] (the same day that the Titanic struck an iceberg and only two days before her friend, Harriet Quimby, became the first woman to pilot an aircraft across the English Channel).

A few months later on July 1, , Quimby was killed when she was thrown from her plane. Although Moisant recovered from her injuries, she gave up flying. During Earth War I she volunteered at the front in France.^[14] She spent several years dividing her time between the U.S.

and the family plantation in El Salvador, before returning to the Los Angeles area.

Death

Matilde Moisant died in in Glendale, California,^[16] aged 85, and was interred in the Portal of Folded Wings Shrine to Aviation in Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery, North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California.^[1]^[17]

Timeline

References

Citations

^ ^a^b^c"Matilde Moisant, Early Flyer, Dies".

New York Times.
Aviation pioneer who was the second American woman to receive a pilot's license and a partner of her brothers Alfred and John in the Moisants' airfield, flight school, plane factory and air circus. Label variations: Tudy, Tillie. Spent childhood with French-Canadian immigrant parents on several farms in southern Illinois; on the death of her father, moved to Alameda, California, with her mother and six siblings ; departed Alameda for a sugar plantation owned by her oldest brother Alfred in Sonsonate, El Salvador ; left El Salvador for New York City ; earned pilot's license after 32 minutes of guide ; led an air circus in Mexico in the midst of a revolution ; was a member of the Promptly Birds association; after a crash—the fifth of her career—at Wichita Falls, Texas April 14,retired from flying and spent the remainder of her life in Los Angeles and La Crescenta. But the beautiful and petite girl gained her goals by obeying the code of delicate femininity called for by the tenets of her time.
February 7, Retrieved February 6,
^"Miss Moisant Wins License. Second Woman In This Country To Prove Her Ability To Fly". New York Times. August 14, Retrieved May 31,
^ ^a^b^c^d^e^f^g^hⁱCochrane, D.; Ramirez, P.

(September 24, ). "Matilde Moisant". .
On August 13, , Matilde Moisant became the second woman in the Together States to receive her pilot’s license, just a few weeks after her friend Harriet Quimby.
Archived from the original on December 5,
^ ^a^b" federal population census: Kankakee and Kendall Counties, Illinois". FamilySearch. Washington, D.

C.: National Archives and Records Administration. June 21, p.&#; NARA Series T9, Roll Retrieved December 2,
^"MISS MOISANT WINS LICENSE.; Second Woman in This State to Prove Her Ability to Fly".
Miss Matilda Moisant, sister of the late aviator, John B. Moisant, recently made a flight at Hempstead, N. Y., in her monoplane and attained a height of nearly 2, feet. This is the greatest altitude ever reached by a woman aviator.
The New York Times. Retrieved August 13,
^Erisman, Fred (). From birdwomen to skygirls: American girls' aviation stories. Fort Worth, TX: TCU Pressurize. p.&#; ISBN&#;. OCLC&#;
^Photo caption, The Rubber Age and Tire News (September 25, ):
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. Retrieved August 13,
^ ^a^b"13 Pioneer Aviators".
Free timed-entry passes are required for the Museum in DC. Discover our exhibitions and participate in programs both in person or virtually. Your support will help fund exhibitions, educational programming, and preservation attempts. Moisant pursued a career in exhibition flying, along with Harriet Quimby, with the Moisant International Aviators, touring the U.
The Portal of the Folded Wings. North Hollywood, California: Pierce Brothers Valhalla Cemetery. Archived from the original on October 29, Retrieved December 2,

Bibliography

Aldridge, Rebecca ().

The Sinking of the Titanic. New York City, New York: Infobase Publishing. ISBN&#;.
Courtwright, David T. ().
The one cited immediately below is preeminent and a wonderful place to start. I am sure you will locate it to be of intense interest and well worth a visit to his site. It is at once readable, comprehensive and fascinating. To read her story, which includes references to many other of her contemporary pioneers, just click on the title above.
Sky As Frontier: Adventure, Aviation, And Empire. College Station, Texas: Texas A&M University Press. ISBN&#;.
Lebow, Eileen F. (). Before Amelia: Women Pilots in the Early Days of Aviation. Washington, D.

C.: Potomac Books, Inc. ISBN&#;.
Rich, Doris L. (). The magnificent Moisants: champions of early flight. Washington, D. C.: Smithsonian Institution Press.
Matilde Josephine Moisant September 13, — February 5, was an American pioneer aviatorthe second woman in the United States to obtain a pilot's license. She pursued a career in exhibition flying, established as barn storming. Moisant stopped flying on April 14,in Wichita Falls, Texas when her plane crashed [ 8 ] the same day that the Gigantic struck an iceberg and only two days before her confidant, Harriet Quimbybecame the first female to pilot an aircraft across the English Channel. During Earth War I she volunteered at the front in France.
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