Joaquín Loriga, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Joaquín Loriga

Spanish aviation pioneer

Date of Birth: 23-Sep-1895

Date of Death: 18-Jul-1927

Profession: military personnel, aircraft pilot

Nationality: Spain

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Joaquín Loriga Taboada (Lalín, 23 September 1895 – Cuatro Vientos Airport 18 July 1927) was a Galician aviation pioneer.
As a Captain promoted in 1926, together with two pilots and three mechanical engineers, the first long-distance flight from Madrid to Manila of over eleven thousand miles. The trip, which took 128 flight hours, hopped through North Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Macao, Aparri in northern Luzon and then finally on to Manila.
Only Loriga's plane completed the flight.