Eduardo Bradley | |
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| Born | Eduardo Bradley 9 April 1887 |
| Died | 3 June 1951 (aged 64) |
| Resting place | La Recoleta Cemetery |
| Occupation | Aviator |
| Known for | Crossing of the Andean on Hydrogen Balloon |
| Predecessor | Jorge Newbery |
| Spouse | Agueda Barrera Nicolson |
| Children | Agueda Bradley Eduardo Bradley Noemi Susana Bradley |
| Parent | Tomás Bradley Sutton (father) |
| Relatives | Julio Bradley Carlos Bradley Eduardo Montes-Bradley Ricardo Ernesto Montes i Bradley |
Eduardo Bradley (9 April 1887 – 3 June 1951) was an Argentine pilot and balloonist who in 1916 made the first balloon crossing of the Andes. He was a leading figure in the founding of civil aviation in South America.[1]
Born in the city of La Plata, Argentina on April 9, 1887,[2] Bradley was the son of Tomás Bradley Sutton, veteran of the Paraguayan War, and Mary Hayes O’Callaghan.[3] He began his pilot's career alongside Jorge Newbery.[4] His brevet was the first issued following the newly created regulations of the International Civil Aviation Organization. Shortly after Newbery's death in 1914, he set out to honor his late friend by attempting to cross the Andes in an aerostat. Already an experienced balloonist, Bradley had made over one hundred ascensions and set records for altitude (6,900 meters), flight duration (28 hours, 10 minutes), and distance covered in-flight (900 km, to Rio Grande do Sul from Buenos Aires).
- ^ Bulletin of the Pan American Union, Volume 48. January–June 1919. Page 313 Copy from Cornell University Library [1]
- ^ Genealogies at Thomas Osgood Bradley Foundation, eighth generation
- ^ Genealogies at Thomas Osgood Bradley Foundation, seventh generation
- ^ "Más liviano que el aire". (Thinner Than Air) Historias con globos, A biography of Eduardo Bradley by Nelson Montes-Bradley. Philadelphia, USA, 2007