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Joaquín Loriga Taboada, Lalín, 23 September 1895 – Cuatro Vientos Airport 18 July 1927, was a Galician aviation pioneer. As 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 thought North Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Macao, Aparri in norther Luzon and then finally on to Manila. Only Loriga's plane completed the flight. ==Career== Raised in the stately house known by the parish as Pazo de Liñares joined the army and the pilots division in the Spanish Military Aviation Service in 1920. Two years later, Loriga was stationed to the conflict in the Rif War where he was responsible to supply military bases surrounded by the local rebels, in May 1924, his squad shot down the only rifian plane. Loriga was cited for bravery with the Militar Medal for his services during the war and promoted to work in the Cuatro Vientos Airport in the Spanish capital. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Joaquín Loriga」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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