Juan Pablo Aldasoro
Juan Pablo Aldasoro in his own aeroplane, 1909.
Born(1893-09-14)September 14, 1893
Real del Monte, Hidalgo Mexico.
DiedOctober 4, 1962(1962-10-04) (aged 69)
Mexico City.
Allegiance Mexico
Service/branch Mexican Air Force
RankLieutenant colonel (Mexican Air Force)
AwardsFrancisco Sarabia Club Aéreo de México
American Airlines Admiral of the Fleet
Mérito Aeronáutico de Primera Clase Mexican Air force for 30 years as a pilot
EMILIO CARRANZA Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Obras Públicas
Member of Legión de Honor Mexicana
Other workFirst Solo flight in 1909
First Solo flight above the Statue of Liberty in 1913
Member of the Early Birds of Aviation
Eduardo Aldasoro
Juan Pablo (seated) and Eduardo Aldasoro, 1915.
Born(1894-10-27)October 27, 1894
Real del Monte, Hidalgo Mexico.
DiedNovember 10, 1968(1968-11-10) (aged 74)
Mexico City.
Allegiance Mexico
Service/branch Mexican Air Force
RankDivision General of the Mexican Air Force.
AwardsFrancisco Sarabia Club Aéreo de México
American Airlines Admiral of the Fleet
Mérito Aeronáutico de Primera Clase Mexican Air force for 30 years as a pilot
EMILIO CARRANZA Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Obras Públicas
Member of Legión de Honor Mexicana
Legion of Merit (USA)
Comendador de la Orden de Boyaca (Colombia)
Condecoración de la Junta Interamericana de Defensas Conjunta en Washington, D.C (USA)
Other workMember of the Early Birds of Aviation

Juan Pablo Aldasoro Suarez (1893–1962) and Eduardo Aldasoro Suárez (1894–1968) were aviation pioneers.[1]

Biography

Juan Pablo Aldasoro was born on September 14, 1893, in the "Casa Grande" of Real of Monte, state of Hidalgo, Mexico. Eduardo was born on October 27, 1894. Their father, Andrés Aldasoro, was the Minister of Promotion under Porfirio Díaz and was later on the general manager of the "Las Dos Estrellas" mine in the state of Michoacán. Their sister, Guillermina married a surgeon, Dr. Reynaldo Escobar Castañeda.[2]

The Aldasoro brothers alternated their studies of preparatory with their vocation being mechanics and a passion for flying through publications and magazines of those days. They inquired and researched about everything related to aviation. The inseparable brothers found a common interest.

Deaths

Juan Pablo Aldasoro Suárez died on October 4, 1962, with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel Flying Pilot.

Eduardo Aldasoro Suárez died on November 10, 1968, with the rank of General Brigadier Flying Pilot.

Legacy

Certificate recognizing Juan Pablo Aldasoro as a member of the Early Birds of Aviation, 1943.
Five Mexican pilots that attended the Moissant School of aviation. From Left: Alberto Salinas Carranza, Gustavo Salinas Camiña, Juan Pablo Aldasoro Suárez, Horacio Ruiz Gaviño, Eduardo Aldasoro Suárez.

Two bases of the Mexican Air Force were named after the Aldasoro brothers:

  • Military Air Base Number 4 in Cozumel, Quintana Roo is called General Eduardo Aldasoro Suarez
  • Military Air Base Number 11 in Mexico City is called Teniente Coronel Juan Pablo Aldasoro Suarez

There is a street in Mexico City in the "Aviación Civil" neighborhood south of the International Airport of Mexico City. Other famous Mexican (Juan Guillermo Villasana, Horacio Ruiz, Alberto Salinas and Roberto Fierro) and international pilots (Santos Dumont, Roland Garros, Louis Bleriot, Charles Lindebergh, Alberto Braniff, Enrique Farman, Simon Audenaro) have streets in the same neighborhood.

A primary school near Tuca (Clave 15EJN0622N, Turno MATUTINO) was named "Hermanos Aldasoro".

Carlos Noriega Hope wrote a short story, "El Tesoro de Cabeza de Vaca," which was inspired during a visit to Juan Pablo Aldasoro's hacienda in the state of Jalisco in the 1920s. The story appeared in the book La inutil Curiosidad, later re-printed under the title of Las experiencias de Miss Patsy. Juan Pablo appears as himself in a fictional story of treasure hunts.

References

  1. "Eduardo Aldasoro Suárez". Early Aviators. Archived from the original on 2011-10-13. Retrieved 2012-09-18.
  2. "Dr. Reynaldo Escobar Castañeda". ancestroscastañeda (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2023-02-09. Retrieved 2023-02-09.
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