Pedro Vives y Vich

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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

  1. ↑ International Aeronautical Congress of 1906
  2. ↑ 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).
  3. ↑ Hildebrandt, 1908, Airships Past and Present, p. 174.
  4. ↑ "Spain Orders Astra Dirigible", Aero, Vol. 1, No. 14., 7 January 1911, p. 23.
  5. ↑ 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
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




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