Luis Candelaria
Luis Cenobio Candelaria | |
|---|---|
 Lieutenant Luis Candelaria | |
| Born | October 29, 1892 |
| Died | December 23, 1963(aged 71) San Miguel de TucumánArgentina |
| Occupation(s) | Aviator Arly Officer |
| Known for | First crossing of theAndesbyaeroplane |
Luis Candelaria(29 October 1892 – 23 December 1963), was anArgentine Armyofficer and militaryaviatorwho was the first to cross theAndesbyaeroplane,in April 1918.
First crossing of the Andes by aeroplane
[edit]Though the Andes have been crossed by balloon in 1916 by Arturo Bradley and Angel María Zuloaga, the attempts to do so by aeroplane byJorge Newbery(1914) and byPedro Zanni(1917) were unsuccessful, and in the former case resulted in the death of the pilot.[1]
Lieutenant Candelaria successfully crossed the Andes on 13 April 1918 in aMorane-Saulnier Parasolwith an 80 hprotary engine,taking off fromZapala(Argentina) and landing atCunco(Chile) after a total flight time of 2 hours 30 minutes during which he reached 4,000 meters of altitude.[2]The Argentine Government granted Candelaria the title ofMilitary Aviatorfor that feat.[3][4][5][6]
Personal life
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Luis Candelaria in popular culture
[edit]- TheSan Carlos de Bariloche Airportis namedTeniente Luis Candelaria,after him.[7]
- A primary school in the city ofZapala,‘’Escuela Primaria N°3 Teniente Aviador Luis Candelaria’’, is named after him.[8]
- Although he died in San Miguel de Tucumán, Candelaria’s remains are interred at Zapala, as per his wishes; his grave has the inscription "13 de Abril de 1918" ((in Spanish):13 April 1918).[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^abLuis Casabal (13 April 1998)."A 80 años del primer cruce aéreo de los Andes".La Nación(in Spanish). Diario La Nación.Retrieved26 April2015.
- ^Héctor Pérez Morando (12 July 2011)."Aquel inolvidable primer avión"(in Spanish). Diario Río Negro.Retrieved26 April2015.
- ^"Libros Maravillosos - Patricio Barros y Antonio Bravo".
- ^"Museo Nacional Aeronáutico y del Espacio - Actividades".Archived fromthe originalon 2012-08-04.Retrieved2015-04-26.
- ^"Encuentra aquí información de Historia de la aeronaútica argentina para tu escuela ¡Entra ya! | Rincón del Vago".14 January 2004.
- ^"Archived copy".Archived fromthe originalon 2015-09-24.Retrieved2015-04-26.
{{cite web}}:CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^"AeroPortal".Archived fromthe originalon 2014-04-27.Retrieved2014-04-27.
- ^"Escuela primaria Nº3 Teniente Aviador Luis Candelaria".Retrieved26 April2015.
Further reading
[edit]- “Pioneros del aire en Argentina”, Rumbos Aeronáuticos, issue 26, 2 July 2012(in Spanish)‘’(accessed 2015-04-26)’’
External links
[edit]- BIOGRAFÍA: PILOTO ARGENTINO "Tte. Ingeniero F.A. -LUIS CENOBIO CANDELARIA – Club de Ciencias Presidente Derqui website(in Spanish)‘’(accessed 2015-04-26)’’