![]() ![]() ![]() Jerwan was invested in promoting the cause of aviation to the United States government and wrote to at least two of the candidates in the 1912 presidential election, dispatching Ruiz with these letters. Inscribed in Spanish and autographed at lower left: "A mi estimado professor Sr. Probably at Hempstead, Long Island, New York, circa 1912. Mexican aviator Gustavo Salinas Camiña seated at the controls of a Moisant (Co) 1911 Monoplane (Blériot Type) on the ground (one-half right rear view, close in) his cousin, Alberto Salinas Carranza, stands beside the airplane, speaking to him. He learned to fly in 1911 and by 1912 was the Chief Pilot for the Moisant Aviation School. Originally from the Ottoman Empire (what is now Lebanon), Jerwan had emigrated to the United States in 1904 and became a naturalized citizen in 1910. The cousins were part of the first Moisant class taught by Shakir S. Alberto Salinas Carranza and Gustavo Salinas Camiña were nephews to General Venustiano Carranza, a Díaz opponent turned Madero supporter from Coahuila. Madero was also very interested in training Mexican pilots and starting in the summer of 1912, he sent the first of five Mexican aviators to the Moisant Aviation School in Garden City, Long Island. 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. 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. "The first class in 1912, Hempstead Plain, L. Madero was very interested in the potential uses of airplanes and the Moisants soon received an order for five Moisant-built Bleriot-type aircraft. Then George Dyott invited Madero to fly with him, making the Mexican president the first sitting leader of any country to fly ( Theodore Roosevelt had flown in October 1910, but he was no longer in office). One of the highlights was Matilde Moisant dropping a bouquet of flowers over the Presidential Palace. The aviators, who included Roland Garros and Harriet Quimby, put on quite the show over Mexico City. Madero, an opponent of Díaz’s, was president. By the time the Moisants returned to Mexico in November 1911, Francisco I. The Moisants’ first flights were over Díaz in Mexican crowds (though Moisant and a few of his aviators also observed the battle lines from the air near the US/Mexico border). Mexico had been in a state of revolution against the ruling president Porfirio Díaz for some time. The Moisant International Aviators, an American-based multinational flying exhibition group led by Alfred Moisant and sister Matilde, made their first appearance in Mexico in February 1911. Alberto Braniff made the first heavier-than-air flight in Mexico in 1910, simultaneously earning an altitude record due to the elevation of Mexico City. Mexican aviators had been experimenting with gliders since the early turn of the century and many of them had successful flights, including Miguel Lebrija and the Aldasoro brothers. Jerwan inscription on reverse, "A nuestro querido profesor, como recuerdo de sus discípulos. Jerwan's dog "Monoplane" between his legs), Juan Pablo Aldasoro, Horacio Ruiz, and Eduardo Aldasoro. Left to right: Alberto Salinas Carranza, Gustavo Salinas Camiña (with Shakir S. �����) � ��b.Group of five Mexican pilots pose standing in front of a Moisant (Co) 1911 Monoplane (Blériot Type) outside of Hangar 3 at Hempstead, Long Island, New York, October 4, 1912. ![]() Claire Soares )/RD/Type/Annot/AP>endobj460 0 obj/Encoding>endobj461 0 objendobj462 0 objendobj463 0 objendobj464 0 objendobj465 0 obj/Type/XObject/BBox/FormType 1>streamĮndstreamendobj467 0 obj/Type/XObject/BBox/FormType 1>streamĮndstreamendobj468 0 objendobj469 0 objendobj470 0 objstream ![]()
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