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| Date: | Monday 17 September 1928 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Hispania |
| Owner/operator: | Aeroclub of Madrid |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Location: | Nerpio, Albacete -
 Spain
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Guadalajara Airfield |
Balloons Pilot Benito Molas García are making a flight for try to beat the world record of altitude in balloon. Pilot died due lack of oxygen. Balloon went adrift and finally fell and was found in Segura mountains, near the border of Spanish provinces of Murcia and Albacete
Sources:
La Libertad, 18 September 1928, p5.
https://prensahistorica.mcu.es/es/catalogo_imagenes/grupo.do?path=1000199492&posicion=5&presentacion=pagina
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Jan-2025 08:18 | Manu | Added |
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