Aero Club de Chile

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Published Bulletin, beginning 1914. Hosted the first Pan American Aeronautical Conference at its offices, 1916, and published the proceedings. It also published the Boletín del Aero-Club de Chile in 1914–1915.

In 1913, Chili had two aero clubs -- the oldest was founded by Jorge Philipps, a retired Army officer; the second, apparently organized in 1913, was founded by Gen. Aristide Pinto Concha, director of military aviation for Chili -- and both were seeking affiliation in the Federation Aeronautique Internationale. At its meeting on 15 Dec. 1913, the FAI Bureau postponed discussion until its next meeting, pending further investigation. It appears that due to WWI, neither the FAI nor its Bureau met from 1914 through 1918. When the FAI met in May 1919 in conference extraordinaire, the two clubs in Chile were still disputing for the power to represent Chile and with the FAI still waiting for more information, the question was deferred again. We do not know whether either of these clubs in Chile was the Aero Club that published the Bulletin beginning in 1914.

See Dir1920 for address of aeropark & aerodrome, names of president, hon. secy, and treasurer of one of the clubs.

"The enthusiasm which aviation had aroused in all social grades brought together a number of persons who founded, on April 2, 1913, the Aero Club of Chile, which was incorporated July 4 of the same year. The first officers were: President, Don Enrique Phillips; vice president, Alejandro Weber; secretary, Don Armand Venegas; second secretary, Don Armando Fernendez; treasurer, Don Juan A. Maluenda V.; directors, Senors Ernesto Aguita, Manuel Barros B., Paul Furet, Juaquin Jelvez, Osvaldo Jimenez, Julio Kaulen O.; Eduardo Molina Lavin, Bernardo Morales, Augusto Perrey, and Erasmo Vasquez."[1]

There is a LOT more in this book, pages 298-301

Source for the next lines is Dir 1920 probably

  • Address: 1062 Calle Huérfanos, Santiago (at least 1916-1919)
  • Cable address: Aeroclub, Santiago (1919)
  • Phone: 1

References

  1. Pan American Union. 1919. Aviation in Chili and the crossing of the Andes. Bulletin of the Pan American Union, Volume 49, page 300

Other sources

  • WorldCat.org and WorldCat-OCLC
  • FAI Reunion du Bureau Proces-Verbax, 15 Dec 1913, pp. 19-20 (1914)
  • FAI Conference Extraordinaire, 19-21 May 1919, p.55
  • Dir1920


Organization names Aero Club of Chile ; Aero Club de Chile ; Aero Club du Chili
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Country Chile
City Santiago
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Scope National
Started aero 1913
Ended aero 1920 or later
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