In September 1919, the inauguration of the first airline in Spain took place, following the route Toulouse-Barcelona-Alicante-Málaga-Casablanca. On the occasion of this very special event, Spanish Aeronautical Society, in collaboration with the Association of Friends of the Aeronautical Museum from Málaga, AERTEC Solutions and the Ateneo de Málaga, will hold a series of commemorative events in the Costa del Sol capital.
In this context, the day 29 April the first of the conferences in a series will be held at the Ateneo de Málaga. During it, a tribute will be paid to Centenary Flight, held on 8 and 9 March, and starring a small plane from Royal Aero Club of Málaga and another one from the Association Memoire d’Aéropostale de Toulouse.
The following speeches are scheduled for the event:
- Presented by Juan Manuel Gallego, SAE Vice President, who will present the programme for Centenary of Air Transport Conference Series and the activities the SAE will carry out on the occasion of this anniversary.
- Legacy of a flight. 1919, in charge of Luis Utrilla, aeronautical historian and member of the SAE, who will review that first flight from 1919.
- Málaga in 1919, in charge of Fernando Arcas, Professor of Contemporary History at the University of Málaga, which will focus on Málaga in those years and its projection through air transport.
- The Centenary Flight. The adventure from Toulouse to Malaga., under the command of pilots Francisco Cuevas and Ignacio Gil, from the Royal Aeroclub of Málaga, who will recount their experience recreating that first flight of 1919.
- He will close the event. Antonio Gómez-Guillamón, CEO of AERTEC Solutions, who will speak about the importance of air transport in Málaga and Spain.
A Spanish wine will be served at the end of the event, courtesy of AERTEC Solutions.
To find out more: «Latécoère and the birth of Málaga Airport», by Vicente Padilla
