Tydeo Larre Borges

Tydeo Larre Borges (Paysandú, 25 September 1893-Montevideo, 1 September 1984) was a Uruguayan army officer and aviator, pioneer in the South American and international aviation. He was the first South American to cross the South Atlantic Ocean, flying with no scales with the French pilot Léon Challe on December 15, 1929 from Sevilla, Spain and arriving on December 17, 1929 near Maracajaú, Brazil.[1][2][3]

Notes

  1. ↑ "Brigadier General (Aviador) Tydeo Larre Borges". 2007. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
  2. ↑ "Le 17 décembre 1929 dans le ciel: traversée de l'Atlantique Sud de Challe et Larre Borges". Air Journal. 17 December 2011.
  3. ↑ "La traversée de l'Atlantique Sud par Léon Challe". 2007. Retrieved 4 February 2017.


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