Shakir Jerwan's First Class at the Moisant Aviation School

"The first class in 1912, Hempstead Plain, L. I." Student pilots at the Moisant School of Aviation, Hempstead, Long Island, New York, pose in front of Hangar 2 with a Moisant (Co) 1911 Monoplane (Blériot Type), May 1912; one-quarter rear right side view of aircraft. Left to right: 1, 2, unknown; 3, Alberto Salinas Carranza; 4, 5, 6, unknown; 7, Gustavo Salinas Camiña; 8, Bernetta Adams Miller (seated in cockpit with Jerwan's dog "Monoplane"); 9, Shakir S. Jerwan; 10, unknown. NASM-9A18697-061A