1926 Spanish 'Escuadrilla Elcano'

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In June 1926 the Spanish aviators José Carrillo,Eduardo Gonzalez and Joaquim Loriga took off from Madrid Cuatro Vientos to reach Manila wite their three Breguet 19. They did stopover at Algier, Tripolis,Benghazi, Cairo Heliopolis / Almaza, Baghdad, Bushire, Bandar Abbas, Karachi, Agra, Calcutta, Rangoon, Bangkok, Saigon, Vinh, Hanoi, Macao, Aparri, and finally Manila.


departure at Cuatro Vientos

over Egyptian pyramides




at Karachi




over Taj Mahal at Agra




bad weather at Aparri, Northern Philippines




arrived at Manila




The air raid was named 'Patrulla or Escuadrilla Elcano' after the navigator Juan Sebastiãn Elcano. He was part of the Spanish expedition commanded by the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan, who set sail in 1519 for the first successful circumnavigation of the Earth. After Magellan‘s death in the Philippines, Elcano took command of the ship 'Victoria' from the Moluccas to Sanlúcar de Barrameda in Spain. He arrived there on September 6, 1522, exactly five hundred years ago today!

Bernard

[nmlw]

A good piece of history. That was quite a long flight. Your short recreation is nicely done Bernard.

[Al]

Excellent work Bernard! Really enjoyed this one. Did not know anything about this one so very interesting