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John Bevins Moisant. He designed, built and flew the first metal aircraft, an experimental aluminium plane, in 1909. On August 23, 1910, he flew the first flight with a passenger across the English Channel. His passenger was his mechanic, Albert Fileux, and he also took his cat called Mademoiselle Fifi.
