John Moisant, American pilot and engineer (born 1868)

John Moisant

American businessman, revolutionary, and aviation pioneer (1868–1910)

John Bevins Moisant was an American aviator, aeronautical engineer, flight instructor, businessman, and revolutionary. He was the first pilot to conduct passenger flights over a city (Paris), as well as across the English Channel, from Paris to London. He co-founded an eponymous…