Dagoberto Godoy
Dagoberto Godoy Fuentealba (born July 22, 1893 in Temuco , † September 8, 1960 in Santiago de Chile ) was a Chilean pilot who was the first to fly over the Andes .
As a lieutenant in the Chilean army, Dagoberto Godoy started on December 12, 1918 from El Bosque 40 km north of Santiago de Chile for the first Andes overflight. With his airplane, a Bristol M1-C , he flew at an altitude of 6300 m and landed successfully in Lagunitas near Mendoza in Argentina . The flight lasted 95 minutes.
Dagoberto Godoy already took part in South America's first military flight race in Buenos Aires in July 1916 . The Chileans were three Blériot - monoplanes involved.
In 1919 he was appointed captain of the Chilean Air Force. In 1942 he left the army.
literature
- Héctor Alarcón Carrasco: Dagoberto Godoy Fuentealba. Cord de los Andes. Consejo Nacional de la Cultura y las Artes, Santiago, 2010 ( book presentation in Annuario del Instituto de Conmemoración de Chile No. 15, 2010. Spanish, PDF, 5.10 MB).
Web links
- Pioneros Aeronáuticos Chilenos (Spanish)
- Hoy en la historia: Primer vuelo sobre los Andes. La Tercera, December 12, 2010, p. 51 (PDF; 218 kB).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Godoy, Dagoberto |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Godoy Fuentealba, Dagoberto |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Chilean pilot who was the first to fly over the Andes |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 22, 1893 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Temuco |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 8, 1960 |
| Place of death | Santiago de Chile |