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A fact from George Miller Dyott appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 29 May 2010 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that in 1911, pioneer aviator George Dyott made one of the first nighttime flights in his Deperdussin in Nassau, carrying a searchlight powered by cables to the ground?
The disambiguation to Nassau, Bahamas is correct. Ta! Does anyone know what the plane in the photo is? Its not the Dyott, nor, I think the Deperdussin.TSRL (talk) 09:01, 28 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
It looks to be of the "Kantner-Moisant" monoplane type, Also known as the "Moisant Bluebird". Dyotts trip to Mexico was as part of a group organised by the "Moisant International Aviators" group. It would be reasonable to assume that Dyott had the opportunity to fly some of the other aircraft that were on the trip. One of the other Aviators on the trip to Mexico as part of the Moisant group was "Blue Bird" Harriet Quimby, so called after the colour of her flying suit (even though it was purple rather than blue). After her death the Moisant monoplane designs were called "Bluebirds" in her honour. 77.100.216.20 (talk) 14:12, 26 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
The flight with the searchlight did not take place at Nassau in the Bahamas. It took place at "Nassau Airfield" which was a bit of ground next to Nassau Boulevard in Garden City on Long Island, New York, USA. The flight was documented in the December 16th 1911 edition of "Flight" magazine. 77.100.216.20 (talk) 19:52, 29 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@77.100.216.20: Thanks for noting this, I've made the correction to reflect "Nassau Aerodrome" (in NY) and also Mexico City. --Engineerchange (talk) 20:24, 29 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
