Miguel Lebrija

Miguel Lebrija (November 20, 1887 - December 15, 1913) was a Mexican aviator, who in 1909 built and flew his own glider.

On August 3, 1912 he piloted an airplane that reached a height of 300 meters. He was the first Mexican who flew over the Metropolitan Cathedral in Mexico City and the first to reach altitudes above 1,000 meters.


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