ROBERT HODGSON PHOTO
No. 7573. Bréguet Br 19 TR Superbidón (Super Can) Spanish Air Force "Cuatro Vientos" (Four Winds)
Photographed at the Museo del Aire, Cuatro Vientos Airport, Madrid, Spain, September 2, 2006
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03/31/2008. In 1932 Captain Mariano Barberán, director of the Navigator School of the Ejército del Aire (Spanish Air Force) presented details from a flight to the Antilles without precedent. Main goal was to find a new route across the Atlantic and after meteorological studies led by José Cubillo Fluitter, the route Spain - Madeira - Puerto Rico - Cuba - Mexico was chosen, with only one stop at Cuba. |
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Created March 31, 2008