Pedro Vives y Vich
Colonel Pedro Vives y Vich 20 January 1858 – 9 March 1938) was director of the Spanish Servicio Militar de Aerostación and a member of the International Commission for Scientific Aeronautics.[1] (Pere Vives Vich is apparently the standard Catalonian spelling; his name is also written Pedro Vives Vich, Pedro Vivès-y-Vich, Vives i Vich, etc.)
He studied at the Engineering Academy in Guadelajara until 1878, then traveled to Paris to visit the 1878 Exposition Universelle. In the 1880s he served as a military engineer in Cuba, and visited San Francisco. He continued as engineer and became head of military aeronautics when this department was created, in 1896.[2]
Lately officers have been sent to all parts of Europe to study the latest improvements, and in 1900 the kite-balloon, due to Sigsfeld and Parseval, was introduced into the corps, which was stationed at Guadalajara. It is now under the command of Colonel Vives y Viches, who has furthered the development of its efficiency in many directions. His interest in scientific work was shown by the assistance he afforded to the meteorologists and astronomers on the occasion of the last eclipse of the sun, nad he has also encouraged his men to do photographic work and train carrier pigeons.[3]
With Juan Fernández Duro he helped to found the Real Aero Club de España in 1905.[2]
He attended the International Aeronautical Congress of 1906 in Milan, accompanied by Captain Antonio Gordejuela.
The Spanish army now has a department of aeronautical engineers, commanded by Col. Vives, who was one of the committee to study balloon types in Europe. Vives usually takes command on board the Espana, where he is assisted by Captains Kindelan, Herrera, Gordijuela, and Garcia Antúnez[4]
Vives Vich made his first airplane flight in March 1911, accompanied by French aviator Jean Mauvais. He was head of the newly created Servicio de Aeronáutica Militar, for airplanes, from 1913–1915, and oversaw an airplane campaign in Morocco—considered by some the first organized bombing campaign in war, following more impromptu use in the Italo-Turkish War [but maybe overlooking the "First Balkan War"].[2][5]
At some point (1910? 1913?) he was named director of the Guadalajara Engineering Academy.[2]
References
- ↑ International Aeronautical Congress of 1906
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 José Manuel Guerrero Acosta, "Vives Vich, Pedro", El Protectorado español en Marruecos: la historia trascendida (Iberdrola, 2006).
- ↑ Hildebrandt, 1908, Airships Past and Present, p. 174.
- ↑ "Spain Orders Astra Dirigible", Aero, Vol. 1, No. 14., 7 January 1911, p. 23.
- ↑ Raul Colon, "The ‘Ejercito Del Aire’", Century of Flight: History of National Airforces; 16 June 2009.
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Names | Pere Vives Vich; Pedro Vives Vich; Pedro Vivès-y-Vich; Vives i Vich |
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Birth date | 1858-01-20 |
Death date | 1938-03-09 |
Countries | ES |
Locations | Guadalajara, Spain, Cuba |
Occupations | military officer |
Tech areas | LTA, Astronomy |
Affiliations | Servicio Militar de Aerostación, Servicio de Aeronáutica Militar, Real Aeroclub de España, Guadalajara Engineering Academy, International Commission for Scientific Aeronautics |
Wikidata id | Q9057697 |
Publications by or about Pedro Vives y Vich
- Vives y Vich, 1905, Participation du parc d'aérostation militaire de l'Espagne aux observations internationales (Simple title: Participation of the military balloon park of Spain to the international observations, Journal: Proc. Ver. Séances et Mém. Quatr. Conf. Comm. Int. Aér. Scien.)
- Vives y Vich, 1905, Spanish provisional programme of balloon observations in the coming total eclipse (Simple title: Spanish provisional programme of balloon observations in the coming total eclipse, Journal: Aër. Journ.)
- Vives y Vich, 1905, Emploi des ballons pour l'observation de l'éclipse totale de soliel 30 août 1905 (Simple title: Use of balloons to observe the total solar eclipse August 30, 1905, Journal: Proc. Ver. Séances et Mém. Quatr. Conf. Comm. Int. Aér. Scien.)
- Vives y Vich, 1906, Avance de los Resultados Obtenidos en las Observaciones del Eclipse Total de Sol de Agosto de 1905 (Simple title: Advance results obtained from the observations of the total solar eclipse of August 1905)
- Vives y Vich, 1907, Observations météorologiques en ballon (Simple title: Balloon weather observations, Journal: L'Aérophile)
- Vives y Vich, 1907, Convenance d'ajouter aux lancers des ballons-sondes des lancers de petits ballons pilotes sans appareils, comme étude complimentaire de la direction du vent (Simple title: Launches of balloons and small balloon-probes to study wind direction, Journal: Proc. Ver. Séances et Mém. Quatr. Conf. Comm. Int. Aér. Scien.)
- Vives y Vich, 1907, Résultats des observations de l'éclipse solaire du 30 août 1905 (Simple title: Results of the observations of the solar eclipse of August 30, 1905, Journal: Proc. Ver. Séances et Mém. Quatr. Conf. Comm. Int. Aér. Scien.)
- Vives y Vich, 1908, Concours international de ballons à Barcelone le 18 mai 1908 (Simple title: International Balloon Competition in Barcelona May 18, 1908, Journal: La Conq. l'Air)
- Revista de Locomoción Aérea, 1910, El dirigible militar "España" (Simple title: The military dirigible "España", Journal: Revista de Locomoción Aérea)
- González Redondo and González de Posada, 2012, En torno a los orígenes de la aeronáutica española (Simple title: Regarding the origins of Spanish aeronautics, Journal: LLULL)
Another list of publications
- See BNE, Worldcat 1, Worldcat 2
- Detalles de la ascensión libre del globo "Martes" el día 2 de Abril de 1903. Madrid, 1903. Worldcat
- Observaciones del eclipse total de sol de 30 de agosto de 1905 por medio de globos. Madrid, 1905. Worldcat
- Algunas observaciones acerca del tiro contra globos (Madrid, 1906)
- "Resultats des observations de l'éclipse solaire du 30 Août 1905", 6 October 1906, Procès-Verbaux of the 5th Congress for Scientific Aerostation, pp. 102–104
- Instruciones á los oficiales encargados de dirigir ascensiones libres. Guadelajara, 1912.
- Reglamento táctico provisional para el servicio aerostático