Authors: Eileen F. Lebow
Kiepert, Rudolph,
61
Kiser, Daniel,
231
Knight, Alfred,
113
Knowles, John,
102
Konig, Benno,
64
Krohn, Baron von,
53
Kruckman, Arnold,
4
Kuznetsov, Pavel A.,
100
Kuzetsova, D. I.,
100
Lablon, Hubert,
14
Ladoux, Captain,
53
Lafont, Bernard,
40
Layfayette Escadrille,
218
Lafitte, Pierre,
19
Láglerová, Bozena,
85
â86
Lambert, Albert,
234
Lambert, Charles, Comte de,
13
Land's End to John O'Groats Trial,
103
La Petite République,
13
Laroche, Raymonde de,
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42
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55
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; accident at Rheims,
16
â18; birth and background,
6
â9; breaks women's altitude record,
21
; in Budapest,
16
; car crash,
19
; changes aeroplanes,
20
; court case,
19
; critical comment,
18
; fatal crash,
21
; flying lessons and spills,
11
â14; Heliopolis debut,
14
; licensed,
14
; in Rouen,
16
; in Russia,
15
â16; trains and wins Coupe Femina,
20
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49
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52
Latham, Hubert,
14
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16
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17
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39
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40
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104
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126
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129
Law, Ruth,
7
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21
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179
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191
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195
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197
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245
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275
; accused of being spy,
220
; Aero Club license,
201
,
206
; altitude record,
205
,
209
; appearances in 1913,
207
; in 1914,
207
â08; in 1915,
208
; in 1916,
209
; attraction of flying,
201
,
202
; birth and early years,
202
; circus antics,
208
â09; close calls,
209
â10; death of,
224
; debuts with Beachey,
203
â04; European trip,
217
â18; flies in Florida,
206
â07; flying circus,
221
â23; honors galore,
216
; lighting Miss Liberty,
216
â17; long distance flight,
211
â16; maturing as a flyer,
211
; new machine and stunts,
221
â23; official pilot,
205
â06; personality,
201
,
204
â05,
214
,
215
â16; press comments on distance flight,
214
,
215
; retirement years,
223
â24; trip to the Orient,
220
â21; wartime activities,
218
â20; on women and aviation,
204
â05,
215
â16
Leavitt, Dorothy,
129
Lebedev, Vladimir,
92
Leblon, Hubert,
14
Legion of Honor,
54
Le Matin,
75
Le Monde,
18
Le Petit Journal,
27
Leopold, King of Belgium,
22
Les Aviatrices,
55
Leslie's Illustrated Weekly,
146
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147
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148
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149
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156
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159
“L'Etoile Filante” (“Shooting Star”),
38
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39
Letort, Léon,
96
â97
Libby, Samuel A.,
204
Liberty Loan Drive,
218
Liberty Magazine,
237
â38
Library of Congress,
247
Liljestrand, Maximillian T.,
180
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181
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188
Lingner, Karl A.,
76
L'Intransigeant,
23
Lipsner, Capt. Benjamin,
199
Loening, Grover,
243
London Times,
16
â17
Long, George,
248
LowensteinâWertheim, Princess,
129
Ludendorff, Erich,
53
Ludwig, Adolph,
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65
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66
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72
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75
Lynn Item,
224
MacKenzie, Herbert,
236
Madame la Vertu,
54
.
See also
Richer, Marthe
Madera, Florencia,
55
Madero, President Francisco,
155
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156
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171
Maeterlinck, Maurice,
106
Manissero, Romulo,
28
Marchal, SubâLt. A.,
213
Mars, J. C. “Bud,”
183
Martin, James V.,
109
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127
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270
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271
Martin, Mrs. James V.
See also
Irvine, Lily
Marvingt, Marie,
3
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14
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15
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28
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46
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52
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55
,
129
; Aurillac years,
34
â35;
Aviation Sanitaire,
42
â43; birth of,
34
; death of
45
; flying lessons with Latham,
38
,
40
â41; flying mishaps,
41
â42; intoxication with flight,
39
â40; healthy regimen,
44
; honors and awards,
43
â44; licensed balloonist,
37
; life in Metz,
35
; life in Nancy,
35
â36; North African activities,
43
; North Sea balloon trip,
37
â39; Premier Grand Prix,
39
; sense of humor,
45
; sports enthusiast,
36
â37; wartime activities,
42
â43
Mayland, George,
208
Maxim, Hudson,
138
McAdoo, Secretary William,
198
McAlser, J. A.,
213
McCurdy, Helen,
271
McCutchen, John T.,
244
Médaille de l'Aviation,
32
Medlar, Elizabeth Curtis,
138
Medlar, Faith C. M.D.
See
Raiche, Bessica
Medlar, James
138
Meeze, Edith,
128
Melli Beese Flying School,
76
â77
Mexican Army Aviation School,
171
Military Carnival,
176
Military Naval and Aviation Tournament,
190
,
209
Miller, Barbara,
261
Miller, Bernetta Adams,
3
,
201
; birth and early years,
251
; character,
256
â57; College Park exhibition,
253
; later years in education,
256
â57; learns at Moisant School,
252
; licensed pilot,
252
â53; tries for altitude record,
255
, views on aviation,
255
â56; war service,
256
Mitchel, Mayor John P.,
216
Miller Brothers Miniature Circus,
176
Millsap College,
226
Miss Livermore's School,
202
Miss Nichol's School for Girls,
132
Mix, Art,
187
Mohring, Charlotte,
86
Moisant aeroplane,
3
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171
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173
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175
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252
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253
â54
Moisant, Alfred,
3
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148
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155
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156
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164
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165
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166
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167
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170
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171
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173
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176
Moisant, Edward,
164
Moisant, George,
164
Moisant International Aviators,
154
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155
,
166
Moisant, John,
148
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164
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165
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166
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167
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173
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178
Moisant, Josephine Fortier,
164
Moisant, Louise,
164
â65,
175
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176
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177
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178
Moisant, Matilde,
5
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6
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20
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29
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134
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143
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148
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154
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155
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156
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160
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230
, birth of,
164
â65; character,
168
; early years,
164
; flying in Mexico,
171
â73; later years,
177
â78; Moisants take up aviation,
165
â167; Nassau Boulevard Meet,
169
; on fear of flying,
170
; Sunday Blue Laws,
169
â70; takes lessons,
167
â68,
170
71
; time to quit,
176
â77; touring the South,
173
â76
Moisant Aviation School,
148
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149
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153
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162
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170
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252
Moncrieff, John,
113
Montalent, Comte de,
121
â22
Moret, Molly.
See
Golanchikova, Lyubov
Morosco, Oliver,
98
Morris, H. T.,
117
Mortier, Pierre,
34
Motor,
84
Mürau, Georg,
86
Murray, Stella,
5
“My Balloon Trip across the North Sea,”
43
â44
Nashville Banner,
231
â32
Nashville Equal Suffrage League,
185
,
231
Nassau Boulevard Meet,
153
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA),
276
National Aeronautic Association,
245
National Flying Donation,
75
,
79
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81
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82
Naumov,
92
Navy Bureau of Aeronautics,
246
Nesterow, Lt. Peter Nicholaivitch,
91
Newbre, Ralph,
260
New Brunswick Times,
260
New Orleans Times Picayune,
173
Newton, Maurice,
199
New York American,
4
New York Aeronautical Society,
140
New York Evening Mail,
151
New York Evening World,
128
,
152
,
217
New York Globe,
142
New York Herald,
255
New York Times,
6
,
32
,
74
,
162
,
166
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167
,
199
,
223
Niel, Albert,
46
Niel, Marthe,
14
,
15
,
28
,
46
,
53
â54
“Night Witches,”
100
Northcliffe, Lord,
223
Northern Flying Competition,
82
Oertz Yacht Works,
80
Office d'Aviation,
19
Olieslagers, Jan,
17
Oliver, Charles,
202
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203
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223
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224
O'Neill, Lord,
126
Omnia Works,
112
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113
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114
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115
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116
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117
Orange County Hospital,
144
Orange County Medical Association,
143
Orca, Francisco Montes de,
241
Otero, Miguel A., Jr.,
200
,
247
â48
“Our Flying Men,”
116