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Caricatura de Cattáneo realizada por Zavattaro. (Foto revista Caras y Caretas N.º 633 19 de noviembre de 1910) contributed by Eloy Martin, 6-29-11

 

Cattaneo in Argentina Fig. 7 - Un atteraggio del monoplane Blériot No. 2 di Bartolomeo Cattaneo sal campo della Societâ Sportiva Argentina (con questo stesso apparecchio l'aviator effettuera la prima trasvolata del Rio La Plata). Fig. 7 - A landing of the Blériot No. 2 monoplane of Bartolomeo Cattaneo on the field of the Argentine Sport Society. (with this same apparatus, the aviator accomplished the first crossing of the La Plata River) Collection of Franco Maccare Submitted by Giovanni Giorgetti,

 

Cattaneo on his Blériot Del libro “Los vuelos del centenario. Crónica de la aviación Argentina en 1910” Contributed by the author, Eloy Martin, 7-3-11

 

VIENDO A CATTANEO Del libro “Los vuelos del centenario. Crónica de la aviación Argentina en 1910” Contributed by the author, Eloy Martin, 7-3-11

 

"The Milanese aviator Bartolomeo Cattaneo, who had distinguished himself during the 'Milanese Aerial Days', went subsequently to South Smerica in order to carry out some aerial exhibitions. In those years the aviators were like the celebrated singers, they went here and there in the world to exhibit their performances and their abilities; and sometimes these their performances effectivley caught relief performances. The photo that we publish represents the culminating moment of a feat that was worth to our aviator not only a prize of one hundred thousand francs, (if we take ourselves back to 1911, this figure appears to be exceptional), but also the honor to have realized a "première". Indeed, taking off from Buenos Aires (in the photo appear some houses in a suburb), he crossed flying the Rio de La Plata, coming down in La Colonia on the opposite Uruguayan side. The flight was carried out in a Bleriot and lasted two hours and twenty minutes. It can be considered to be a remarkable repeat of the Channel crossing, carried out a year and half earlier." (Photographic archives Italo Strazziglione) Extracted from Ali nuove (new WINGS), Bi-monthly Magazine of Aviation, Feb. 1-15, 1962 Courtesy of Umberto Saccenti Submitted by Giovanni Giorgetti, 11-7-05

 

The crossing of the Rio de La Plata from Buenos Aires (Argentina) to Colonia (Uruguay), 74 km December 17, 1910 Collection of Giovanni Giorgetti, 11-8-05

 

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