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Jorge Newbery
Jorge Alejandro Newbery (1875-1914), better known plainly as Jorge Newbery, was an Argentine pilot of fixed-wing aircraft. Along with Alberto Braniff and Jorge Chavez. among others, he was one of the first Latin American aircraft pilots in history. Newbery was also an engineer.
On April 9, 1909, Newbery wrote the first newspaper article on aviation in Argentina. Titled "Aeronautica", the article was featured in El Nacional newspaper.
At the time, Newbery was an expert aerostat pilot, having flown these machines four times across Argentina. Newbery, however, had not been in, or seen, an aircraft before he wrote that article.
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