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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. Matilde Moisant - Wikipedia

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    Moisant learned to fly at Alfred's Moisant Aviation School on Long Island, New York. [8] On August 13, 1911, [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. She pursued a career in exhibition flying, known as barn ...

  6. Moisant - Wikipedia

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    Moisant Aviation School, an institution founded by John and his brother Alfred, also known as the Moisant Flying School 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 ...

  7. 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]

  8. Historic Aircraft Restoration Project - Wikipedia

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    The project began two years later in Hangar B on the east side of the airport and the volunteers eventually became known as "angels". [1] [2] [3] A number of the project's aircraft were previously on display at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum. [4] [5] [6] In May 2002, the Berlin Airlift Historical Foundation's KC-97 arrived at the project ...

  9. List of aviation museums - Wikipedia

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    Airline History Museum, Kansas City; Freedom of Flight Museum, Webb City [62] Historic Aircraft Restoration Museum, St. Louis; James S. McDonnell Prologue Room, St. Louis [63] National Museum of Transportation, St. Louis; Nicholas-Beazley Aviation Museum, Marshall [64] TWA Museum, Kansas City, Missouri [65]