Moisant, Matilde J.; Blériot XI Family. [photograph]

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Collection Item Summary:

View of Matilde J. Moisant, looking over her shoulder towards the camera, sitting in the cockpit of Blériot XI type monoplane, which in seen in one-quarter right rear view. Barograph was mounted for her attempt at the Wanamaker Trophy awarded for altitude flights. She flew to a height of 1200 feet on September 24, 1911 at Nassau Boulevard Airport, Garden City, Long Island, NY.

Collection Item Long Description:

Topic

  • Aeronautics
  • Airplanes
  • Women air pilots

Data Source

National Air and Space Museum Archives

Restrictions & Rights

Images are subject to Smithsonian Institution, National Air and Space Museum, Copyright and Image Use Restrictions. Usage requires prior written permission. Should you wish to use NASM still images in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Photographs, available at NASM's Permissions webpage: www.nasm.si.edu/research/arch/permissions.cfm

photographer

Unknown

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Date

Circa September 1911

Repository Loc.

National Air and Space Museum, Archives Division, MRC 322, Washington, DC, 20560

Type

Two-dimensional graphics

Local number

NASM-00169613

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