Moisant Aviation School
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The Moisant Aviation School was a school in the early days of aviation founded Alfred Moisant at Hempstead, Long Island
, New York
. Alfred and his brother John Bevins Moisant formed the Moisant International Aviators, a flying circus which toured the United States, Mexico and El Salvador. John had learned to fly in France with Louis Bleriot but died in 1910 in an accident. The school had six Bleriot monoplanes equipped with 50 horse power Gnome motors.
Many early aviators learned to fly or perfected their skills at this school, among them Harriet Quimby first american pilot, Matilde E. Moisant, John's and Alfred's sister and the second woman to obtain to obtain a pilot's license in the United States, the Aldasoro brothers Juan Pablo and Eduardo, two mexican pilots who had started to fly gliders in 1909, Dante Nannini Sandoval, first Guatemalan Pilot.
An instructor at the school, Albert Jewell
disappeared on 13 October 1913 on flight from the Hempstead airfield to Oakwood, Staten Island
, NY
to take part in an air race; he is assumed to have come down at sea off the south shore of Long Island.
Hempstead (village), New York
Hempstead is a village located in the town of Hempstead, Nassau County, New York, United States. The population was 53,891 at the 2010 census.Hofstra University is located on the border between Hempstead and Uniondale.-Foundation:...
, New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
. Alfred and his brother John Bevins Moisant formed the Moisant International Aviators, a flying circus which toured the United States, Mexico and El Salvador. John had learned to fly in France with Louis Bleriot but died in 1910 in an accident. The school had six Bleriot monoplanes equipped with 50 horse power Gnome motors.
Many early aviators learned to fly or perfected their skills at this school, among them Harriet Quimby first american pilot, Matilde E. Moisant, John's and Alfred's sister and the second woman to obtain to obtain a pilot's license in the United States, the Aldasoro brothers Juan Pablo and Eduardo, two mexican pilots who had started to fly gliders in 1909, Dante Nannini Sandoval, first Guatemalan Pilot.
An instructor at the school, Albert Jewell
Albert Jewell
Albert Jewell was an early US aviator who disappeared off Long Island, New York, on October 13, 1913, en route to Oakwood, Staten Island, in order to take part in the New York Times American Aerial Derby. No confirmed trace of Jewell or his aircraft was ever recovered...
disappeared on 13 October 1913 on flight from the Hempstead airfield to Oakwood, Staten Island
Oakwood, Staten Island
Oakwood is the name of a neighborhood located in east central Staten Island, one of the five boroughs of New York City, USA. It lies near the southern shore, and is bordered by Ebbitts Street ; the Atlantic Ocean ; Great Kills Park ; and the Staten Island Railway...
, NY
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
to take part in an air race; he is assumed to have come down at sea off the south shore of Long Island.