![]() ![]() Miss Moisant is pictured on right in the garden of her home at La Crescenta, where rakes and garden implements have replaced plane controls. Text from newspaper caption: Miss Matilde Moisant, first woman to obtain a flyer's license and holder of trophy for first woman to establish an altitude record, is shown on left in her flying togs of the style of 1911 after she had set an altitude mark of 4000 feet. to obtain flyer's license Designed her own flying clothes. Text from negative sleeve: Moisant, Matilde La Crescenta 2nd woman in U.S. Photograph appears with the article, "Woman's Air Trophy Sent Smithsonian Institution," Los Angeles Times, : 29. Moisant, make his celebrated flight around the Statue of Liberty, narrowly missed being thrown into jail. ![]() Matilde Moisant, who became America's most notable woman flier after seeing her brother, the late John B. His many siblings included Matilde Moisant (18781964) who was the second. 1 'Escapes sheriff in her aeroplane Matilde Moisant Takes to the Air Before He Can Arrest Her. Now she spends her days in the garden of her valley home and visiting the family ranch in San Salvador. Among the most flamboyant of aviations pioneers were Alfred, John, and Matilde Moisant, a family of fervent believers in aviation who built and tested. The pioneer aviator John Moisant was as famous in his day as the Wright. It will be loaned to the institution for a temporary time. Moisant won the trophy in 1911 for obtaining record altitude for a woman of the time. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images) PURCHASE A LICENSE. Matilde wears a cap, goggles, gloves, and a jumpsuit. American aviation pioneer Matilde Moisant (sister of John Moisant) who gained her pilot's licence in mid-summer 1911 to become the second American woman to do so after Harriet Quimby. ![]() Young Research LibraryĬollection Los Angeles Times Photographic ArchivesÄescription Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Publication Information Los Angeles Times Title Matilde Moisant, pilot, La Crescenta, 1935 Date Created and/or Issued March 23, 1935 ![]()
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