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词条 Matilde Moisant
释义

  1. Early life

  2. Aviation career

  3. Retirement from flying

  4. Death

  5. Timeline

  6. References

     Citations  Bibliography 

  7. Further reading

  8. External links

{{Infobox person
| name = Matilde Moisant
| image = Matilde Moisant (cropped).jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Moisant in 1912 wearing a "good luck" swastika medallion
| birth_date = {{birth date|1878|9|13|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Earl Park, Indiana, U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|1964|2|5|1878|9|13|mf=y}}
| death_place = Glendale, California, U.S.
| occupation = Aviatrix
}}Matilde Josephine Moisant (September 13, 1878 – February 5, 1964) was an American pioneer aviator. She was the second woman in the United States to get a pilot's license.[1][2]

Early life

Moisant was born on September 13, 1878 in either Manteno, Illinois or Earl Park, Indiana{{sfn|Lebow|2002|p=164}}{{sfn|Rich|1998|p=4}} to Médore Moisant and Joséphine Fortier.{{sfn|Rich|1998|p=1}} Both places exist in records, but her license from the Aero Club of America shows Earl Park. Both parents were French Canadians.{{sfn|Lebow|2002|p=164}} Her siblings include George, John, Annie M.,{{sfn|Rich|1998|p=4}} Alfred Moisant,{{sfn|Rich|1998|p=5}} Louise J.{{sfn|Rich|1998|p=6}} and Eunice Moisant.{{Citation needed|date=July 2015}} John and Alfred were also aviators.[3] In 1880, the family was living in Manteno, Illinois and her father was working as a farmer.{{sfn|Rich|1998|p=4}}[4]

Aviation career

Moisant learned to fly at Alfred's Moisant Aviation School on Long Island, New York.[3] On 14 August 1911,{{cite book|last1=Erisman|first1=Fred|title=From birdwomen to skygirls : American girls' aviation stories|date=2009|publisher=Fort Worth, Tex. : TCU Press|page=45|accessdate=10 October 2016}} 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. She pursued a career in exhibition flying.[3] In September 1911, she flew in the air show at Nassau Boulevard airfield in Garden City, New York and, while competing against Hélène Dutrieu, Moisant broke the women's altitude world record and won the Rodman-Wanamaker trophy by flying to {{convert|1200|ft|m}}.[3]

Retirement from flying

Moisant stopped flying on April 14, 1912 in Wichita Falls, Texas when her plane crashed[3] (the same day that the Titanic struck an iceberg).{{sfn|Aldridge|2009|p=9}} A few months later on 1 July 1912, her friend Harriet Quimby was killed when she fell from her plane.{{sfn|Courtwright|2005|p=31}} Although Moisant recovered from her injuries, she gave up flying. During World War I she volunteered at the front in France.[5] 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.{{sfn|Lebow|2002|p=177}}

Death

Matilde Moisant died in 1964 in Glendale, California, 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][6]

Timeline

  • 1878 Birth in Indiana{{sfn|Lebow|2002|p=164}}{{sfn|Rich|1998|p=4}}
  • 1880 Living in Manteno, Kankakee, Illinois[4]
  • 1880 US Census in Manteno, Illinois
  • 1900 US Census in California
  • 1910 Death of John B. Moisant, her brother[3]
  • 1911 Received pilot's certificate[3]
  • 1911 Won Rodman-Wanamaker altitude trophy[3]
  • 1912 Crash in Texas on April 14[3]
  • 1920 Living in Los Angeles, California
  • 1920 US Census in Los Angeles, California
  • 1930 US Census in La Crescenta, California
  • 1964 Death in California[1]
  • 1964 Burial In Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery[6]

References

Citations

1. ^1 2 {{cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Matilde Moisant, Early Fflyer, Dies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1964/02/07/matilde-moisant-early-flyer-dies.html |quote= |publisher=New York Times |date=1964-02-07 |accessdate=2016-02-06}}
2. ^{{cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Miss Moisant Wins License. Second Woman In This Country To Prove Her Ability To Fly. |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9D0CE2DC1131E233A25757C1A96E9C946096D6CF |quote=Garden City, Long Island. August 13, 1911. With the wind eddies flattened to almost a dead calm, Miss Matilda Moisant, sister of the late John B. Moisant, who was killed at New Orleans last January, distinguished herself this morning as the second woman in this country to win a pilot's license under the rules of the Aero Club of America. |publisher=New York Times |date=1911-08-14 |accessdate=2008-05-31}}
3. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 {{cite book |chapter-url=http://airandspace.si.edu/explore-and-learn/topics/women-in-aviation/Moisant.cfm |chapter=Matilde Moisant |title=Women in Aviation and Space History |publisher=Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum |location=Washington, DC |newspaper=Airandspace.si.edu |accessdate=2016-02-06}}
4. ^1 {{cite web|title=1880 federal population census: Kankakee and Kendall Counties, Illinois|url=https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYBM-CZ1?mode=g&i=18&cc=1417683|website=FamilySearch|publisher=National Archives and Records Administration|accessdate=2 December 2016|location=Washington, D. C.|page=40|date=21 June 1880|id=NARA Series T9, Roll 219}}
5. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=3O0-AQAAMAAJ&dq=%22Hilda%20Muhlhauser%20Richards%22&pg=PA20#v=onepage&q=%22Hilda%20Muhlhauser%20Richards%22&f=false Photo caption], The Rubber Age and Tire News (September 25, 1917): 20.
6. ^1 {{cite web|title=13 Pioneer Aviators |url=http://www.portalofthefoldedwings.net/PAGES/Pioneers2.html |website=The Portal of the Folded Wings |publisher=Pierce Brothers Valhalla Cemetery |accessdate=2 December 2016 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161029150745/http://portalofthefoldedwings.net/PAGES/Pioneers2.html |archivedate=29 October 2016 |location=North Hollywood, California |date=2011 |deadurl=yes |df= }}

Bibliography

  • {{cite book|ref=harv|last=Aldridge|first=Rebecca|title=The Sinking of the Titanic|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ajWrYKpGqWsC&pg=PA9|year=2009|publisher=Infobase Publishing|location=New York City, New York|isbn=978-1-4381-0324-2}}
  • {{cite book|ref=harv|last=Courtwright|first=David T. |title=Sky As Frontier: Adventure, Aviation, And Empire|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wKTuQ503u8AC&pg=PA31|year=2005|publisher=Texas A&M University Press|location=College Station, Texas|isbn=978-1-58544-419-9}}
  • {{cite book|ref=harv|last=Lebow|first=Eileen F.|title=Before Amelia: Women Pilots in the Early Days of Aviation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QS9-MKMSurQC&pg=PA166|year=2002|publisher=Potomac Books, Inc.|location=Washington, D. C.|isbn=978-1-57488-482-1}}
  • {{cite book|ref=harv|last=Rich|first=Doris L.|title=The magnificent Moisants: champions of early flight|year=1998|publisher=Smithsonian Institution Press|location=Washington, D. C.|isbn=978-1-56098-860-1}}

Further reading

  • New York Times; May 11, 1911; pg. 6; "Woman in trousers daring aviator. Long Island Folk Discover That Miss Harriet Quimby Is Making Flights at Garden City. Garden City, Long Island; May 10, 1911. Rumors that there was a young woman aviator at the Moisant Aviation School here who made daily flights at 4:30 A.M. have brought many Garden City folk and townspeople from Hempstead and Mineola to the flying grounds here on several mornings. These early risers have seen a slender, youthful figure in aviation jacket and trousers of wool-backed satin, with ..."
  • New York Times; Oct 09, 1911; pg. 1; "Escapes sheriff in her aeroplane; Matilde Moisant Takes to the Air Before He Can Arrest Her. Matilde Moisant, who became America's most notable woman flier after seeing her brother, the late John B. Moisant, make 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."
  • Oakes, C. M.: United States Women in Aviation Through World War I; Smithsonian Institution Press, 1978.
  • Rich, D. L.: The Magnificent Moisants - Champions of Early Flight; Smithsonian Institution Press, 1998. {{ISBN|1-56098-860-6}}.

External links

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  • Hargrave: Matilde Moisant
  • Smithsonian: Matilde Moisant
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