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  2. Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport - Wikipedia

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    During his term, the airport received many improvements. By the time the previous airport terminal building opened in 1959, the name Moisant International Airport was being used for the New Orleans facility. In 1961, the name was changed to New Orleans International Airport. [7] In the early 1970s, the airport was expanded.

  3. John Moisant - Wikipedia

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    Moisant as seen in flight in his Blériot XI competing in the International Aviation Meet at Belmont Park, October 30, 1910. At the International Aviation Meet at Belmont Park, New York, John Moisant flew his Blériot XI around a marker balloon 10 miles (16 kilometers) away, and returned to the racetrack in only 39 minutes, winning an $850 prize.

  4. Moisant Aviation School - Wikipedia

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    The Moisant Aviation School was a school in the early days of aviation founded by 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 ...

  5. Moisant - Wikipedia

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    Moisant's International Aviators, a flying circus hosted by the school; Moisant Field, the original name of Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (also known as Moisant Army Airfield during World War II, and as Moisant Airport) Jacques Moisant de Brieux (1611–1674), French historian and poet

  6. Portal of the Folded Wings Shrine to Aviation - Wikipedia

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    John Bevins Moisant (1868–1910), won the Statue of Liberty Race in 1910; first to carry a passenger across the English Channel. Matilde Moisant (1878–1964), the second licensed female pilot in the United States in 1911; Elizabeth Lippincott McQueen (1878–1958), one of Los Angeles's first female pilots

  7. List of aviation museums - Wikipedia

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    Historic Aircraft Restoration Project, New York; Intrepid Museum, New York; Lucile M. Wright Air Museum, Jamestown [70] [71] [72] National Soaring Museum, Elmira; National Warplane Museum, Geneseo; Niagara Aerospace Museum, Niagara Falls; Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome, Rhinebeck; Wings of Eagles Discovery Center, Elmira

  8. International Aviation Meet at Belmont Park - Wikipedia

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    The Belmont Park aviation meet was an international air show that took place in 1910. The Belmont Racetrack in Elmont, New York, United States, was the site of the aviation meet. The event took place over nine days and featured aerial races, and contests involving duration, distance, speed and altitude.

  9. List of airport museums in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Aviation Museum of Santa Paula at the Santa Paula Airport, Santa Paula [3] SFO Museum at the San Francisco International Airport, San Francisco [4] Flight Path Museum & Learning Center at Los Angeles International Airport Imperial Terminal, Los Angeles, California [5]