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Madrid-Manila flight of aviator Joaquín Loriga

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Madrid-Manila flight of aviator Joaquín Loriga

Historical milestone · Lalín, Deza, Pontevedra

The pilot born in Lalín takes part in 1926 in the air crossing that linked Madrid with Manila in three Breguet aircraft, one of the great feats of interwar Spanish aviation; he would die in an accident a year later.

1926

Photo: Bene Riobó (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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