How to Pronounce Joaquín Loriga
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Sep 23, 1895 Died on 18 Jul 1927 (aged 31)
Spanish aviation pioneer
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About Joaquín Loriga
- Joaquín Loriga Taboada (Lalín, 23 September 1895 – Cuatro Vientos Airport 18 July 1927) was a Galician aviation pioneer.
- As a Captain promoted in 1926, together with two pilots and three mechanical engineers, the first long-distance flight from Madrid to Manila of over eleven thousand miles. The trip, which took 128 flight hours, hopped through North Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Macao, Aparri in northern Luzon and then finally on to Manila.
- Only Loriga's plane completed the flight.
